Telegram from London dated April 9th.
 
      
 
 
1. 
Naval.
 Red Sea: morning of the 8th. 
      About ll ships left Massawa including a 
 
      small warship. Swordfish aircraft were operating, a small destroyer 
      was bombed in 
 
      the harbour without definite result. Massawa occupied 1.O0 p.m. 
      harbour found 
 
      blocked and extensive demolitions.
 
      
 
 
2. His Majesty's armed merchant cruiser Worcestershire 
      torpedoed on the 3rd 
 
      ......... in port.
 
      
 
 
3. 
Military. Libya.
 Our forces concentrating 
      in E1 Gazala - Tobruk area.
 
      
 
 
4.
Yugoslavia. 
Germans occupied Skoplje, 
      whence columns moving north towards 
 
      Belgrade and west on Tetovo, following the Yugoslav division 
      advancing into Albania 
 
      from Prizen. They have also occupied Veles and are advancing 
      towards Prilep Bitolj. 
 
      Armoured division advancing on Pirot. At noon April 7th Yugoslavs 
      holding Koshirino 
 
      Pass south of Strumica but later reported driven back.
 
      
 
 
5. Of seven Yugoslav armies only the 3rd advancing 
      into Albania was fully mobilised 
 
      and concentrated. The first army partly in Pirot area and the 
      rest driven west of 
 
      Skoplje. The second army reported in reserve Sarajevo area or 
      distributed amongst 
 
      other armies. The remaining four armies are in north.
 
      
 
 
6. 
Greece.
 Reports up to noon April 
      7th stated that the Greeks holding from the sea 
 
      at the mouth of the Nestos River to Yugoslav-Bulgarian and Greek 
      boundary (Metaxas 
 
      Line); they were evacuating Alexandroupolis by sea. Their covering 
      troops X area 
 
      had withdrawn unmolested to the Metaxas Line but some forts near 
      the frontier still 
 
      holding out. The Germans attacked with tanks south of Nevrokop 
      and suffered heavy 
 
      casualties, Perithorion changing hands twice. The %