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TELEGRAM FROM LONDON 
                     DATED OCTOBER 5th, 1941.               
                                                            
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
Reference telegram October 
                               2nd.                         
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
British tanker twelve thousand 
      tons again torpedoed October 2nd. American destroyer found her 
      still afloat and sunk her by gun fire. Preliminary report a.m. 
      October 5th Swordfish attacked convoy in the Mediterranean about 
      50 miles N.E. of Tripoli, 3 merchant ships probably stunk or 
                             damaged.                       
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
2. Imports in convoy during 
      week ending September 27 totaled 939,290 tons with 775,903 tons 
      during previous week and average of 945,203 tons for the past 
                            ten weeks.                      
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                            3.                              
                      Royal Air Force.                      
      October 3rd/4th Only 2 Stirlings attacked Brest owing to cloud 
      through which bombs seen to burst. 9 coastal aircraft attacked 
      aerodromes in Northern Denmark. October 4th Beaufort obtained 
      2 near misses on merchant ship off Norwegian Coast. October 4th/5th. 
            No bomber operations owing to bad weather.      
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                             4.                             
                           Libya.                           
 October 
 2nd/3rd. Wellingtons attacked Benghazi Harbor, Bardia, and 
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                            5.                              
                      German Air Force                      
. 
     October 4th/5th. A few aircraft operated off East Coast
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                                                            
                           Libya.                           
                                                            
                                                            
       SIOE="-1" FACE="Courier New"> Tobruk bombed October 2nd-3rd 
           and October 3rd no serious damage reported.      
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                                                            
                          Cyprus.                           
                                                            
                                                            
       SIOE="-1" FACE="Courier New"> October 2nd/3rd five enemy aircraft 
      bombed Limassol aerodrome, slightly damaging run way. 
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                            6.                              
                          Russia.                           
 Germans 
      advancing Southeast of Roslavl East of Bryansk, Eastwards from 
    Glukhov area, and Southwards from East of Dniepropetrovs
                                                            
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