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OPTEL No. 15
 
      
 
 
JAPAN.
 Land forces are believed to be disposed as follows: 
      JAPAN 7 Divisions, 1 Tank Regiment; KOREA 1 Division; SAKHALIN 
      2 Divisions; MANCHUKUO 26 Divisions, 7 Tank Regiments; NORTH 
      CHINA 9 Divisions, 12 Mixed Brigades, 2 Tank Regiments. CENTRAL 
      CHINA 6 Divisions, 7 Mixed Brigades, 1 Tank Regiment; CANTON 
      3 Divisions, 1 Tank Regiment; SWATOW 1 Mixed Brigade; FORMOSA 
      3 Divisions; HAINAN 1 Division; NORTH INDO-CHINA 1 Division; 
      SOUTH INDO-CHINA 3 Divisions, 1 Tank Regiment. Total: 62 Divisions, 
      20 Mixed Brigades, 13 Tank Regiments. JAPAN is in a position 
      to invade THAILAND whenever she wishes to do so.
 
      
 
 
EAST AFRICA.
 After a lull of 2 months while rainy season 
      prevented movements a final British advance of 30 miles ending 
      with capture of GONDAR has brought East African campaign to an 
      end.
 
      
 
 
YUGO-SLAVIA.
 Bulgarian troops have been moving into 
      district round and South of NISH. The Germans are thus (?using) 
      Bulgarian Army (?to assist) their repression of Serbians having 
      probably failed to induce Bulgarians to go and fight for them 
      in RUSSIA.
 
      
 
 
GREECE.
 The German garrison in CRETE has been increased 
      from 14,000 to 30,000 roughly from 1 to 2 divisions. The total 
      of German divisions in BALKANS remains however the same, namely 
      14.
 
      
 
 
TURKEY.
 A system of field defence is being constructed 
      east of Sea of MARMORA along a line of SAKARIA River. Ten thousand 
      labourers are said to be at work.
 
      
 
 
(III) 
AIR OPERATIONS.
 
 
      
U.K. AREA
. Bad weather persists; all night bombing operations 
      were cancelled on 4 nights; on remaining 3 a total of 193 tons 
      of high explosive and more than 13,000 incendiaries were dropped. 
      Principal objectives - BREST, LORIENT and EMDEN. 
 
      Attacks on enemy shipping continued with success; several vessels 
      some of medium tonnage was claimed as hit or narrowly missed 
      but owing to difficulty of accurate observation in many cases 
       %a near estimate of total tonnage destroyed or damaged cannot 
      be given.
 
      
 
 
There were several enemy attacks on our shipping but otherwise 
      German air activity was on a very low scale. 3 enemy A/C were 
      destroyed by night and 1 JU. 88 lost its bearings and landed 
      intact.
 
      
 
 
CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN
. Axis Convoys on Libyan Sea route 
      have been reconnoitred and were attacked on several occasions: 
      1 Italian cruiser was hit by aircraft - torpedo. Shipping in 
      Tripolitanian Sicilian and Italian Harbour was raided, and it 
      is estimated 14,000 tons of it, at Sea or in harbour were sunk 
      or damaged by our aircraft.