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      21st/22nd. Wellingtons attacked TRIPOLI (L) aerodrome destroying 
      at least seven dispersed aircraft and damaging others besides 
      buildings and hangars. Three 4,000 pound bombs were dropped in 
      the M.T. dispersal area and large fires were started.
 
      
 
 
MALAYA.
 22nd. Two enemy raids by a total of eighteen 
      fighters were made on KUALA LUMPUR aerodrome. One enemy aircraft 
      was destroyed, three of our fighters are missing and one crashed, 
      three pilots safe. Three Dutch fighters were reported missing 
      on the same day and a fourth crashed.
 
      
 
 
SIAM
. 21st. Our fighters from BURMA destroyed seven 
      aircraft on an enemy aerodrome.
 
      HONG KONG. 20th. Three Chinese bombers escorted by six fighters 
      were seen dive bombing the Japanese north of K0WLOON.
 
      
 
 
(IV) 
BORNEO
 
      The Japanese are reported to be improving the aerodrome at MIRI.
 
      
 
 
(V)
 FRANCE 
 
      A convoy of some twenty merchant ships to be escorted by warships 
      is reported to be forming at CASABLANCA for MARSEILLES. Such 
      a convoy is about four times the usual size for this route. 
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