TELEGRAM FROM LONDON 
                     DATED OCTOBER 7th, 1941                
                                                            
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
Near Kirkenes Russian submarine 
      sank merchant vessel 5000 tons on October 3rd and torpedoed motor 
         torpedo boat and merchant vessel on October 6th.   
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
2. On September 26th British 
      submarine torpedoed 5000 ton transport in Gulf of Athens, on 
      September 28th, large escorted merchant vessel in the same vioinity. 
      One hit obtained in each case results unobserved owing to counter 
      attacks. She also sank by gunfire off Milo on September 27th 
                 CAIQUE carrying Italian troops.            
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
3. Night of October 4th/5th 
      small British merchant vessel with Bauxite from Georgetown to 
      Trinidad sank owing to internal explosions when east of Trinidad. 
                Sabotage suspected all crew saved.          
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
4. During air attack over 
      Suez Canal on October 5th/6th British medium merchant vessel 
          was sunk at anchor southern end Gulf of Suez.     
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                            5.                              
                      Royal Air Force.                      
      October 6th. Hurricanes of which one missing damaged two armed 
           trawlers off Ostend and probably sank third.     
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                            6.                              
                           Libya.                           
 October 
      4th/5th. Wellingtons attacked Benghazi harbor; fire and explosion 
      seen on one ship. Officers quarters at Benina aerodrome hit and 
      fires started near power station at Barce and stores dump near 
                             Bardia.                        
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                            7.                              
                      October 5th/6th.                      
      Fifteen tons of bombs dropped on Tripoli (L) setting fire to 
      large oil tanker and scoring hits or near misses on two merchant 
                             vessels.