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        TELEGRAM FROM LONDON DATED NOVEMBER 3, 1941         
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                          Summary.                          
 
                                                            
                           Naval.                           
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
           1. Ariquani has arrived at Gibraltar.            
 
                                                            
 
 
2. 450 miles south of Durban our cruisers intercepted French 
      convoy of 5 ships believed total of 39,000 tons which left Tamatave 
                     October 24th for France.               
 
                                                            
 
 
3. Dutch tanker 6,000 tons in convoy damaged by bombs off 
      Spurn Point is proceeding to harbor. Small British ship damaged 
      by near miss bomb night of november 2nd/3rd in Yarmouth Roads 
                        has been beached.                   
 
                                                            
 
 
4. H.M.S.Urge torpedoed and sank merchant vessel of 3,000 
      tons wearing Italian flag at anchor in shallow water north of 
      Kuriat. This ship believed to have been previously damaged by 
                            Blenheim.                       
 
                            Military.                       
 
                                                            
 
 
                            5.                              
                           Russia                           
. Leningrad sector. Germans have made some 
      progress east of the River Volkhov towards Leningrad Vologda 
      Railway. Kalinin sector. The Germans have not succeeded in consolidating 
      their position. Donets Basin. Germans have reached the River 
      Don east of Kharkov. Rostov. Germans are still 10 miles west 
      of the town. Crimea. Germans claim to have taken Simferopol. 
      German claim is probably correct and threat to Sebastopol is 
                             serious.                       
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                      Royal Air Force.                      
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
6. Night November 21st/2nd. Kiel 77 tons high explosives 7,000 
      incendiaries. Havre 17 tons high explosives many hits claimed 
      on docks. Series of attacks made on merchant vessels direct hits 
      being made on one large ship and on two others each 6,000 tons. 
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