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TELEGRAM FROM LONDON 
                     DATED OCTOBER 3rd, 1941.               
                                                            
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
September 10th His Majesty's 
      submarine torpedoed 3,000 ton ship in Candia Harbor. September 
 19th. She scored one possible hit on transport off Gidoro I
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                            2.                              
                      Royal Air Force.                      
      October lst/2nd. Off Dutch Coast Hudson hit 2,000 ton merchant 
       vessel and dropped bombs close to 2,500 tons tanker. 
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
3. On October 2nd reconnaissance 
      aircraft off Norway made direct hits on two merchant ships of 
      1,000 and 2,000 tons. Same aircraft bombed the docks MJovk (sic) 
      where factory building hit. Another aircraft off Aalesund attacked 
      merchant ship estimated at 10,O00 tons claimed three direct hits 
      but bombs did not explode. Two Hurricanes attacked and left sinking 
      large armoured barge off Knocke. During offensive operations 
      our fighters shot down six enemy aircraft certain, three probably 
        and damaged four. We lost four but one pilot safe.  
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
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                     Night of 2nd/3rd.                      
      Enemy warships Brest attacked by five aircraft. Smoke screen 
                prevented observation of results.           
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
5. Southshields and Dover 
      attacked night 2nd/3rd. 60 aircraft crossed the coast; night 
      fighters shot down three. Considerable damage to Tyneside but 
                           not serious.                     
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                            6.                              
                          Russia.                           
 German 
    drive towards Kharkov is meeting strong Russian resistan
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