1/_6/41 -No. 1. BRITISH OFFICIAL WAR CCJf1111UNJ;,QUE! The follovnng official communique was issued by British G.H.Q. 1 Cairo, yesterday:­ LIBYA -~--Nothing of importance to reporf• .ABYSSINIA In the LAKES our preperations to round-up scattered elements of the enemy recently deffeated in battle are progressing. Further north Patriot forces, which are. daily growing in strength, are actively harassing remaining Italian detachments. IRAQ Ou.r forces have n01v reached a Eeneral area about ten miles west of Baghdad, where they are in contact with rebel troopsa CRETE Yesterday bcmbing ''18.s again continued on an extensive scale. otherwise no change in the situation. MINISTRY OF INFORMATION (MILITA_"RY AFFA~I§_)­ .. 1.6~4) -No. 3. Air M+nistry . No. 403d• AIR MINISTRY ~UID MINISTRY OF HOME SECURITY COMMIJNIQUE. There was some enemy.activity over this country last night but it was not hea'TV•· Bombs were dropped on Merseyside, at points in North Wales,. and in the South and West of England. At Merseyside some damage was done and there was a number of casualties, including some people killed. · Elsewhere little damage was done and the number of casualties is very-small. Three enemy aircraft were destroyed during the. night. +++++++++++++ / t,furar'Y . of "fe,;11· tln\vers1tY ... · Austill, Te~a!l -B._o. 2.•. ¥R.•. O~IVER LYTTp LTON 1 S _BROADCAST The following is the text of the broaa_cast speech by the Rt. Hon. Oliver Lyttelton, M.P., President of the Board of Trade ...' in the· Ho'me Service B. B.C. News at 9 a..rn, this morning on the RatJoning of Clothes :.;;. . ·I vvant to talk to you this morning about clothes ancl boots and ~hoes. I have tod8:y mQ,de an Order which starts. rationing these things ancl _YOU will' see th~ details in this morning 's ne-vvspapers. Coupons will novv have to be given up when buying clothing in just the same way a s when buyiT1g food. Everyone will have 66 clothing coupons to last them for t welve mon,~hs, aria: the first .twenty-six coupons are in your present ration book~ But I want to ertrphasiz'e t:P,at you can bµy · ~what you like and where you like,, :v-r:l:th these coupo~:;h The COllpOns ,arp concern_ed only with the various kinds .of' clcithing and boots ar:-d · sh.oes, qnd have: .not~;Lng 'to .do' with, the pri9e of the a.rtiple ,POU$:h~~ A woman can spend 5/• or £5 on a cot,ton dr~ss, but she -vvill ·ha:ye to surrend,er ,the same number,. 7 c6up.o11.'s of: h~r 6g,· in either.. case. · ···· >. · ·· ·~ .: ;·· : ~-· .---'. : . . . . . . i. , . . . ' . .•.-·.' . . . . ,, ,;i::}-Vill not·go· very far info.: de.tail:;;; as I have saJd, you ~v-vill s.ee t.hem a.1·1 in thq:· papers this. mo;rning and· tomorrow. There a.re one or t-vro po·ints of particular i.ntpr est,· that I -vvwit to tell you . about now~ We "tllknow -that childreti grow out of their clpthes, , therefore, they w·in. be given more for their colipo:hs ' than grov~":'1:1P people. ,., Protective·clothing; like workmen's boiler suits, is not': i~atio.neQ., : T]1ere are various other classes of clothing ana_ haberdashery which ·are also 'e:xemPted. A list of;tJ.J..ese :Li:{in.the nevvspapers,~anc1 a list giving 'the number of ~oupons 'rieeded for e~ch' 8:rticle ctha.t requires them.~ ' Cloth and knitting wo'ol for ma.king clo.thes come"~hto ~1:'} :S.che1'fle. and you will,_11ay9 ~o use coupons to ·buy 't?em-, ' , , ':(:f'y6µ;'~ie 'so µ~i~eky· '.8.S .to '.~8.VC your clothes destr~yed. in an ~ir ra'ia_~ sprcial .1?-rr4ngemc:rlts; l(~ve been .rriad_e . t;o .enable you; .through the-Assistance :Bciarc1 or . the .Collect·or of:customs and EX:cisef'to obtain sufficient coupons to i;;et y6u up again with a :stock of_:cloth~ng, After y~u have got that stock, you vvill then be on tµ.'E!;'. same foot:i.iigwill enable ·:them "tb· beat -YJ::n; ;enenwt·a'.rtd '.at: t:he' lavred~t possible cost i:if lru.man lives. ' · · . ' ~ ' . . ·r.­ But the.· pro.blem :j_s n9.t op.ly raw ,m\1-toria.ls. -there is ali:io the ·ppobl,em of. the factories and pl~nt,s. :vtliiclPwe ·h!ive''to tµJ:'n over frqm .ma.king the:n:ecessiti'es ci{ peace to making the nc.qes~ities of .war. ··;I khovr that everyone in these islands is prepared to undergo incon.venience and ha;rdshipif thE:lY a.re convinced of· tvro th:fo~tit_, -that. ~); 1 is necessa. , . .: a.Y!-d. tha.t 'it i '$,'ifair. 'I wa'.nt. to-assure you that ,the •rationi;n:g,of', ; > clothing i_s , 6~11. ~ -1'· ' · · • ·.-· •. J. · ·· 7·. ~, We ha.ve·''sfua_ied ~~; the 'nbard ·of 1.'rade the amount of>~i~thing ancl' the ,number of boots a1'1Cl.'·sh~'e~' b,ouglit ;:~~gri · tl;l~ ~verage~ .by everyone in, the popula.'tion·. -The _'new.' . ra.tioning•'iSl'art iJ.ieans that :thQ$G ~iit m~a,ns that ' the po'orest vvill. be ablh 'fo buy, during t[le vvar, just ·as nuch, ·if not a .little ri:::ire, than they bought in peace:.l.time. This is only right, because those 1vho have money usug.lly' have a. ,.stock of clothes, ·whilst those v:ith little money are accustoriiect to .buy things oruby as they real,ly need them. ~ But I want to repcat that ;ther,e is nothing: ir1 this plan which reduces the aniount· of clothing and boots ·and sf1.oe·s which is now being manufo.ctured. This ninount is greatly reduced from what it -vvas before the .war, but the full effects of this havy noji' yet been felt because to so.me ext.ent 17e have been living o:h.'~Jur ··s·t<;)(:l'l{::i/ '!fn_erofore it is at this tiine, when stocks have grovm less, ·· that we aro ·put~e±rig : this plan., into operatioh7" . · : · .~-. ~~· .-• I • '•" ' ' '• ' • .... ·'"!;. . J ...: .. 1. ·• ··' /lf . . ~;. l; ·1 . . • '-... • ­ If you are in doubt about.'-_a,ny' part of the ·scheme_,' go'\t9 t~e Citizens' Advice Bureau~ ,the . Women' B I:nstitu,tes or the Womeni's Voltui.t8.ry Services, . and if' yo<, aiie a trader 8rd :i_n CJ.oubt' go to the local Ch.;unber' of Trade or Chamber of. Corrrrnerceo . T!:.e B~"ia.J;.'d .or·Trade is sending exper::ts to explain any details to these · orga:tlzetiorn:ic Do not imril.ediately vtrit'eetq the Boar_d of Trade; remember that the Board o:f' Trade has, in these m8.tters, 46 million . customers. · . I. want to pu-~ one ol' -~;wo ot her things before you. r kn0w all. the . women vnll +bok smart, ·out we mex::. may look shabbyo If' we 'do, We mustn't _be .. asha.rriE:ld~ , Even in ordina:( f life there X.'e many thi:pgs whj_ph.' rrie:n (have about them whlQh they prefer: to see c:Ld. rather than new •. ·.. If '])ever ·go to a wedding I put .o,ii -n& best clothe,s) but che moment T-have ~eft the ch:urclyou are , contributing some , part· o:E' a.11 aer.oplC~G or a :gu:ri or a tank, or perhaps even more :simply;~ an 0~;'3z·coa:c to one of' ·our fighting men. · Lastly~ I would ask you to 5·tudy the scheme as 'carefully as you can, ' Remember, that yO'ur .66 ,coupons have got to last you, for a whole·twelve months, and that -you must pfcv~de part:'.culru:'ly against the winter. I .suggest that you do not rush in~9. the shops_:r'.c:w to use your coupons and then find :Yourself short . when the weathe:>:> gets col0., ' . . Work out. how you _w;ill use· JO'L:-".' coupons before you g-o. shopping• The ":i.ra.t~?n enables you to make your ·rs.m plan _for·,:;-our owri: needs {ii.your own way. " All I .have said. so f ar ha::; Cl.eaJ..·;; w:i_·ch those who bu;Y, but I ~u~t just say something to those ·,if}'.o 2;,;:J.::." . 'I·he vrholesaler will_ be able_to sell one­siXth of his riex~c si.Jc mon".:;h::; ' q-.~dsa una.E'.r the Limitat~·on . o:( Supplies., n Orders .to the ::ce,caiie:cs etn:·ing t ne :;.1e:;~;t . three weeks, but no wholesaler may ' supply g9ods equiyale:c.t to more :~han 10 ~ooo coupons to any single retailer. The reason for this .is ·chat on ·c~J.e whole the big retai;;Lers are much better stocked.tha.h the small.-1,'-{P, v1!E\Jl'~ to E.\ecure a wider dist'ribution of stocks throughout the .shopb of the coun:~r'.y, I'his might not happen. if the traders have to look after.themoel··.res dw·ing this first three weeks. . .. Before I ·stop le:t mo repe'3.:c: This plan' is necessa.rY.; it. pelps the fighting ni:an; :and. it-is fo:Li:' t o everyone". "i ·· -~-·rr... it in~-EL.~s goj.ng ·,uit~:1r~ ..:n.3~-_.c).O:thes tb 9~at ··.t~ ~rie~y·;_ the~n who ameng us will :hot willingl:{>cJ..erif-Ghemsel~ifes those ·nevv ciothes? Our sacrifice is ". little enough when other8 risk th"-lil' lives for us; we shall be g:\,.ad to make these 13acrifices if :they sav3 ue; the lif'e of a singl,e man; and they will save the liy~s of ·many. ., BO.ARD OF TRADE. . ,·· . .... ',.. .-•• ... 1 "(' '' ,. ·.· •-1. • . : l' .... ,, ' : ·.· ·.·' ' 1.6.41. No.6. DAbU1.GE AT HAMBURG AND MANNI-JEHL ---· The German people are having the war brought home to them in Ha."llburg, Kiel end Wilhe:.U-nshaven there is no concealing the latest damage and from these centres of devastation rumours run thei:r.' course throughout Germany. In particularJ reports of "che terrible effect of the latest British bomb are spreading everywhere;. anc~ the authd~)ties are doing their best to counteract th~se repo:::-ts by publ:i_shing elaborate com.parisions of damage done to London and Berlin. Such measures are i:!'.1.effective against the demonstrable fact. In Hmnburg. for exrurrole. one of these new bombs fell into the Steinwerder industriaJ_ a-rea: Indust;ial'buildi.YJ.gs covering a space of 20_,000 sqUDro y~s uere comple·cely demo:~-i sheG.o Over a space of 75;000 square yards there was severe daniage from blast and a·c t·uc points more than ~ ·' 100 feet apart the effects of blast were very obviousc Heports frcm within Gennany describe Hamburg as a "tragic picture", and it is said tl:.at there is scarcely any '.iistrict in this gre81t city , the · second larges·c in Ger-:nan.y, which has not suffered. It has not yet been possible to ge~ anything like a complete pisture of all the damage a.one to E2m-burg "by the eno:::mous weight of high explosive bombs and incendia:des dropped tlJ.Gre in May) "but photographic reconnaissance .has already shown thi:!:'ty-six very large industriaJ_ huildings completely demolished or very seriously druna.ged, and ma:rq others less seriously., In one of the principal firms producing napper·, the Z:i.nn.we:i:-·kc• WilheJ.Jrrsbl.irg, a large buildirig of three or four b-:i.ys is completely destrcyed aril. othe::c's have ocen damaged by fire. Further damage has been dor.e io shipoui1ding yarc.s and. to oil refineries, oil tanks, and the town gasworks. A barracks blcilding has been gutted., a large merchant ship has been M.t~ ma:viy barges ha».,e ·been beached and others a:::-o wat_crl·bggecl, '£here h."ts been a bad fire in the main building of · a factory which r:J.akes pistons for aero engines• .Among houses near ::i.mporta1Tc i..n.dustrial objectives there has inevitably been vvidespread destruction., In Mann'leim it has been equally ire.possible to conceal the damage. Though after the attack en the night of Iviay 5 the great oheElical works in the industrial suburb of Lud:wigshaven ·were cordoned off by tho army,, am.bulalilces were seen to leave the works throughout the day~ The docks at Mannheim were another focus of attack and there is no daub-::; that the damage in this area is substantial. Sixteen \-;:ays of warel::ousing on both oo.nks of the Verbindlll1gs canal were entirely gutted and chis area of complete devastation alone covers four-and-a-half acres. Several build:L"".lgs on the fringe of this ai:-ea show damage. On the . central goods station quay a large wa.::..~el{ouse and three adjoining sheds are gutted. At the south-east corner of the Neckarstadt an area of 26000 square yards has been badly ,damaged,, Nea':'ly 30;000 squaJ.~e f'ect of a huge three-bay building is demolished, and many other factories a~1d i::a:rehouses among the docks ro~e down or badly damaged,. It is reported. that twelve cargo boats v-vere destroyeS. in these attacks~ Elsewhere in the tovmp warehouses besid.e the Rhine were completely burnt out and one of them vvas si~i11 seen to be smouldering when reconnaissance was made several days after the 1.ast attack on the town. The eas·!; span of the nevv two-span Autobahn bridge across the river has been ' demolished and has fallen into the river) where it obstructs the trdf;io. Railways and goods ya:.::ds have been savere:i.y Q.ama.ged., Many factories and industrial buildings on both sides 0:1:' -\;he Rhine are a.ffected :Ln varying degree and there is widespread damage to house proper~y near ird~strial obj0ctives. NOTE: Picture of the shattered bridge at Mannheim may be obtained from the - Photographic News Agencies. Library Cniversity of Te~a iAustin, Te a~ 1/6/41. No.11.· MIDDLE EA.ST WAR COlil:IUNIQUE. Tho follov'Ting conununique was issued fromBriiti.sh G.H.Q., Cairo today:­iiil3YA AND ABYSSINIA. Nothing of importance to report. L-qAQ, Following our acceptance of an armistice, which was asked for by the committee set up to administer Baghdad after tho flight of Rashid Ali and his gang, the situation in the city remains quiet. :MINISTRY OF INFOR11IATION (Militar;y AffairEJ.. Nor FOR PUBLICATI9~BR~-€1LCAS~--OR USE ON CLUB TAPES BEF?RE 003?._D.B._S~-!..~IiDAY, . ~_b_._1941. The Ministry of Home Security announces that as from Junej whole time members of the Civil Defence Services holding certain intermediate ranks vvill receive higher rates of pay than the basic rate of the rank and file, which is £3.1 O. Od. a week for men and£2. 7. oa.. a week for women. local authorities will not be able to appoint unlimited numbers of higher ranks. The establishment they propose must be approved by their Regional Commissioner. The rates \vill generally be an extra 2s.6d. for the first higher rank above the rank and file -say the Leader of a First Aid Party or Senior Warden -and a further 2s.6d. for such ranks as Post or Head Warden, or Ambulance Service Section Leader in charge' of four or more ambulances. Such ranks as First Aid Ri.rty Superviser receive a further 2s.6d. or 5/-d. according to the number of parties under his control, as do Section Leaders in the Ambulance Service. Rescue Ri.rty Supervisers lay Superintendents of First Aid Posts and women Message Room Supervisers in Report and Control Centres also receive higher rates for their ranks. Where the higher ranks are held by women they also receive a comparable increase over their rank and file pay. MINISTRY OF HOME SECURITY. _::: ~ -~-·-_,,___ 4J:~-...,__._ The War Office announoes: ­ After twelve days of what has undoubtedly been the fiercest fighting·in this war it was decided to ~ithdraw our forces from CRETE. Alth'Jugh the loss~s \Ve inflidrnd on the enemyts troops and aircraft have been enormous it became clear that our naval and military forces could not be expected to operate indefinitely in and near CRETE without more air support than could be provided from our bases i n Africa. Some 15,000 of our troops have been withdrawn t.o Egypt, but it must be adrnitted that our losses have been severe. MINI :>TRY OF :rNFOHMATION __(__ MILIJ'ARY_AFFAIRS) ~ 1/6/41 -No.J..4 MAJOR GLUBB. The Uar Office announces that the recent German allegations of the death of Major Glubb are incorrect. Major Glubb is still alive. MINISTRY OF INFORMATION (MILITARY AFFAIRS.) Text of Sunday· Postscriut 11 The First Lord ~ ~ S:ocaks to the Fleet" by The Rt-Hon, A.V. Aloxanil.or, First Lord of' the Aclrrnralty. Broadcast in_the Home and Forces Pro~rarnine Sunday 1st June, 1941•9-15-930 p.m. (recording). I believe this is the first occasion upon which a First Lord of the Admiralty has broadcast to tho Navy. Yesterday and today are anniversaries of two great British naval i:irictories, and that is why I felt I should like to talk to the Navy today, in the midst of the fierce struggle in which we arc engaged in the defence of our homes and liberty. On 31st May, 1916, the Grand Pleet, under Admiral Jellicoe, supported by tho Battle Cruiser Fleet under Admiral Beatty, met and defeated the German High Seas Fleet. It was an action of which tho results were disappointing, only because the enemy would not fight it.out. Naturally the Germans claimed the victory just as they claimed last year to have sunk the ARK ROYAL, vfilich, however, .appeared to be very lively last Monday l · But they have yet to explain why, after Jutland, the German Navy retired to its harbours, leaving our Grand Fleet in possession of the seas, and never again emerged to seek a fleet action. The next time the ·whole German High Seas Fleet put to sea, it did so in order to steam 1-io Rosyth to haul dovm its colours and surrender. The battle of the Glorious First of Juno is of particular interest at this moment when we are fighting tho Battle of the Atlantic. It arose because the French had to send out their rleot from Brost, to protect a convoy of food ships arriving from America. Tho fighting which ended in tho action of the First of Juno bo,Q;an on 28th lfay , when tho Channel Fleet, under Lord Howe, engaged the French. On tho 29th hG disabled 3 French ships, and on the 1st June, with 25 sail to 26 French he fought a decisive battle, capturing 6 French ships and sinking another. As tho American historian Mahan observes, it was "a groat naval disaster" for tho French. Since last Tuesday the battlefield of the Glorious First of June has acquired a frosh significan~o. On 1st June 1797, Admiral I-Im-re sank tho French lino of battleship VENGEUR L1..00 miles west of Ushant. On 27th May 1941, in the same waters British naval forces operating _, under Admiral Tovey, sank the BISlilARCK, thus taking vengeance for the loss of tho HOOD. Let mo hero pay tribute to tho officers and mun of that gallant ship, with whom many of you must have beon shipmates, and express also, my deep sympathy 'Nith their rolations. During this war tho HOOD showed herself ready to answer every call. In her last action, Admiral Holland and Captain Kerr performed a groat feat of tactical navigation in locating tho BIS:MARCK. The fortune of war decided that tho HOOD should bo lost to us in one fierce explosion. Ho grieve for the loss of a gallant ship:s company, but it is tho fact that tho contact the HOOD established with tho enemy was taken over by other ships and led in tho ond to tho sinking of the BISMARCK. Tho last duty the HOOD carried out was not in vain, for there can be no doubt that the victory last Tuesday frustrated important enemy designs, and on balance improved our ratio of capital ship strength. In this war the Royal Navy has already won victories which will rank in history with Jutland and the Glorious First of Juno. They have not been largo ffoot actions, and, indeed, actions of such size may never be fought this time. But in quality·' ~he fight of the cruisers EXETER, ACHILLBS and AJAX against the battleship GRAF SPEE, "--'tho daring action of our naval aircraft at TARANTO, the battle of Cape Matapan, the destroyer actions in Norwegian watc:rs, the: evacuations from Dunkirk and from Greoco, tho bombardments of Genoa, Chorbourg and of nuinorous enemy positions in North and East Africa, shine as brightly as any in our naval annals. Off the Island of Crete for the last fortnight tho Navy has been fighting ono of the sternest battles in its history against continuous powerful attacks from the air, with the ono thought that we could not lot tho army dovm. Never have enterprise, seamanship and courage risen to greater heights. Those groat episodes, hovrever, do not toll the full story of tho Navy1 s work. They flash into tho nows and on to tho screen and tho radio and rejoice our hearts, but tho work of ;he Navy upon vfilich tho whole affairs at soa rests does not attract publicity. The · '-public hears little of tho faithful performance of routine duties at sea which goes on every hour of tho war and calls for qualities in no way inferior to those demanded in the heat and excitement of the lonely and dangorous vigil of tho submarine, of contact vvith tho enemy -of tho gallant minosweopors and patrol traYrlors and motor launches, of tho constant search of destroyers and corvettes for tho U-Boat~ As wo hero at tho Admiralty study tho stream of telegrams and reports from all over the world and ·vmtch /the the flags moved about on ·the charts and rnaps, .. we understand all that is involved :ih the vast scheme of operations which the Navy .is carrying through the world over, and the effect.of.' oaci1.'op!3r"ation in mai'ntaining.our $ea pow~:r'. Jt.is a great source of confidence to :the Soa'-Lorcls and t9 :rriyselff to._ mark:'.t}1,e rcnourcc~ .1itnd detemiu.ation w:i,th which, f+>oni the distinguished. Com.fuanders in Ch;ief to .'.tlie ' OMinazy' Se~j· o~ch new task, 'each nqw prp9:iem; each rievv a.ahger is tacldec\,. · ;_:c; am .~ee:P;i;Y gra~efUl> to_ :y·?u all~ ' -· ·-· · · · · '· · ·.. ,;· ·... ..:.. i"· .:~ : ··:.) . . .: .i.:r; Althottgh,,T_•arn:s_peaking to tho ~9yal ;Nav:i in vrl1$._t 11 mie!i.1-t ca,Il a:··fa,m.il,y broadcast, I must refer in a)ientencd or two to thn other Semicqs. ,At 1JUnJ_cirk~ in Noftn A~rlca, in Greece, in Crete, new oonds of· comrac~eship .}1:c--').VC been ceme:r:ited bei;"WeQn the NaVyi and the Army. The Navy J[ie;Lds ~to'no one :in paying ,trftn.i.t.e-.to qVi' Ai±-For6e arid>its pilots. The three Services .Will~ until the end of -time, hqve their_tii_fl:e hori6ured' jokes at the expense of each othero But behind the chaff, however, lies deep'and< real appreciation of the fact that the same spirit animates -all, whether the uniform is dark blue or light blue -or khaki., You will also, I know; vvish _·ine :·.to refer, to _ your comrades on the sea, the officers and men of the Merchant Navy .who vdth you are keeping our life lines openo To do so they have to face the mine, the submarine, the raider and the aive bombero -They . .fai,thfµlly naintain the traditions of the sea and get their job done., No braver men have ever put out from our shores. We. are all proud of -them, and o~ tho undaunted manner in which they not only face up to but fight back against attack9 In past -wars it has been the folk a; Jxme who have borne the burden of anxiety for the men engaged in the fighting~ In this war tho fighting ~en have equally to suffer anxiety for their friends and relations in cities and towns exposed to air attack. These anxieties are deepened by unavoidable difficuJ.ties and delays in the sending of mails and by the restricted amount of leave which can be given. I wish to tell you that these facts are fully in our minds here at the Admiralty, What can be done about mails and leave, is done~ and through various channels .the wives and families of those at sea are cared for if they fall into any distress. And I wish to tell you that all these matters are ver;y" near my heart. I understand how you feel about them and I give them nzy-personal a-Ctention._ And I want to say this to you.~ youJ'.' toil, your courage, your fortitude are employed in a good cause. This vvar was forced upon us. We wished harm to none, but only freedom for all to enjoy tho same freedom that we do. live and let live is tho Britisher's motto. We like to be at peace in our homes, to go our own way and leave others to go theirs. There can be no peace or comfort or security or decency for anyone in the world so long as Hitler and the Nazi Party rule Germany. Th'.:d,; is why this thing has got to be fought through to a finishn No compromise is possible, if for no other reason than that Hitler has never yet given his word to friend or foe without breaking it. I am not going to speak to men like you in terms of easy optimism about a speed,y victory. The enemy is resolute, well anned and well led. But weighing up all that is involved, as I have to do, and studying and forming nzy-own opinion on the information which comes before me, I tell you that we can feel steady and sober confidence in the outcome$ based upon solid fact. It's true that vve got off to a bad start, badly prepared against an enenzy-who had been plotting,. planning and preparing for six years, in addition to which we were suddenly deprived of the assistance of our principal ally., It is not surprising in such circumstances that reverees have had to be faced buttho enemy has been fo~ed to pay dearly for them, and to accept delay and alteration to his )lans for the early victo:ry he had always recognised was essential to hi.mo And now the nation is settling down into the organisation of our resources which are ve:ry great, our workshops are humming with a great rhythm of production. Daily our annaments grow, our nation is united in a solid determination to win. MEl.n for man we have shown ourselves better than the German. On land, in ·the air, on the sea, we have defeated the Italian over and over again~ In all this we are profoundly groteful to the Dominions whose navies have served so magnificently with you and who are bringing to us irrunense reinforcements of men like ·those men vvho have fought so gallantly in Ll.bya. and Greece: as well as ever increasing volumes of arms and materials. Now, too, President Roosevelt has declared an unlimited national emergency and made it clear that Hitler will in no circurnstances be allowed to 'Vvin. I believe him,. /Some -. ,· r.~.· ' ,, .-3-..·1; . ,.•'.;. .· ~-..~. t .C. "·-·· ;, 1' ·Some, of_,you are l;i.stcning to me on land, others at sea, some in your' Me·sfii:es ,: ,':other.:!' at your~a.c'tion s.tations,. tp_e lueky ones in your ov'lh homes. To ea:ch ono of you, on behalf: of the Boa:rtl .of Adruralty I say simply, 11 TMnk yoµ,.''. aii.d llWell"doneJ ''• When-Nelson in his· reports had to refer to :: :: , his'. off:i,Q~rs .ana ine:h he 8.lvtciys ·:·µseQ, .the vro;rc1s 1iwhom .I have the ·honour to . :. -.·1 command".•,·, Lf~iel . it~_is equa;Lly an:,hol1p1;1:Ji;'.c;f ·\'ir):lich T am y.,ell ay~re to hold·: · -the·:.i:re.spQpsibilify for·the~ administra,.tibn ·bf our greaJ:t' Service .upon which the safety,_ai1,d'''welfar:e of·our .:countcy s'o"'Turgely depends• .· '.( d,on't 'li..ave tb. ask .you to hold on.. I lfilovv you ~v~J); ;qnd ,I'knovi .YOU will have victory fo:ef :;';;: ... yovtr revllB.:rtl,.e' 1 wish.every one of you, great su<::rce·s·s, ~good.Juck, and a safe ... ·· L<~~r .-.,•. ( f' returri to those near and 'Cl.ear ·to ,you at home. > G6d.' bles,:::1.: y9µ!_' 1, .:, " '•·" . ~ . ·-~. ;• ,·. •• . : , •• '.f .r".' .: . .. 1BRITISH BROADCAS'rING CORPORATION~ ~..-.....~-..-.----.......·-:.'""'--.:..~~ .....·~--·~7""".";..;. ,,,_;-_.,:,-""..:::.-.._.,, ... I , ::i· ..~ : .... • : f..: ... ,.:::) ·.: .. _:..,11·.1.; ,..' ~ I • r_,.;f t.'..:.~-; ..i..-.'/ "( .. '-'.;. j .•.: (.• I ,_:·-.,:_;__;: ·.· :. 11 '. .... , .') .... " '·.. I.·.... .. , ·'-'i'" :"., C'r :•; ..• •• l. ."_i '·· '· ," !.·~.: ·:.~ :.: '.:.. ·;_:; ~ ;.. ,-.~ , , .. ''."":-: ..~·.. •,j JI ·). ­ .. ·:,_ ;:__. ..•., ·.; "" \. :.)" __ .J}, :...... ::.'• . ") .. [:~. :. ; :".t, . :.:r :.: .·, . ~ .' . . ) ... ·.,. ~' )~1 ­ ··.· :,·_) ·.'.\: ,. {. ..,: ·.· -,.. ...' '·.'' ,{: .. · 'j, .!.. .' .. ..L ... ·.' i•• L.~.' ..! ".if :· f. ..1.' ·-~·..; .' ..... ,;_ ... ' '· r· .!. ! ·'· :.1. ..!...;.'.•. I..: ; ! :, .j:. ·.· . -~ :·; .'. :'··:· , .. ..;::.: ' .. ~-·'· ...1,.,.._"f_.• _L_i______~}i~~1§_. Air Mi:nistry'Nerrn SElrvice. Air 11:!-.._nist!'Y Bu,lletin No.403L~. ' -­ .. NOT FOR PUBLICATION~ BROADCASTi OR USE ON CL]1?_ •TAPES BEFORE 0030 D.B.S. T. ON MONDAYz JUNE 21 1941 , CHANGES IN HIGHER APPOINTVIE:NTS IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE.--·--­ The Air Ministry announces the follovving appointinents and promotions : ­ Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur M. Longmore, G.C.B., D.S.O., is appointed Inspector General of the Royal Air Force, Fith effect from 1st July, 1%1 , to succeed Air Marshal Sir William G. S. Mitchell, K.C.B., CoB.E., D. S.O., M.C., A.F.C. ,on c~mplei.;ion of his tour of duty in that appointment. Air Vice-Narshal {Acting Air Marshal) A.W. Tedder, C.B., is appointed Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Royal Air Force, Middle East, and promoted Temporary Air Marshal, with effect from 1 st June, 19l:.-1 • Air Vice-:rfiarshal A.T. Harris, C.B., O.B.E. , A.F.C. , is seconded for special duty, and granted the acting rank of Air Marshal, with effect from 1st June, 19L:-1 . Air Vice-Marshal N.H. Bottomley, C.B., C. I.E., D.s.o., A.F.C., is appointed Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, vvith effect from 1st June, 1941 . Air Vice-Marshal R.M. Drurrunond, D.S.O., OoB.E., M.C., is appointed Deputy Air Officer Corrrrnanding-In-Chief, Royal Air Force, Middle East, and grantee. the acting rank of Air Marshal, with effect from 1st June , 19l+1 • Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Longmore has been Air Officer Corrrrnanding-in-Chief, Middle East:, since May 19L~O, having previously been A. O.C. Training Command. He vras born in NeYv South Wales in 1885, and entered. the Royal Navy as Sub-Lieutenant in 1904. He joined the naval vving of the Royal Flying Corps in 1912, after obtaining the Royal Aero Club's aviator ' s certificate No. 72. During the war he held several commands in the Royal Naval Air Service. He was awarded the D. S. O. and vvas mentioned in despatches. In 1920 he went to Bulgaria as president of the Inter-Allied Aeronautical Committee of Control and served later in Iraq. In 1925 he became Director of Equipment, Air Ministry, and thereafter held successively the appointments of A.O.C. Cranwell, Inland Area, and Coastal Area. He was made Commandant of the Imperial Defence College and in 1939 visited Australia and New Zealand as a member of the British Air l\,Iission. He went to Training Command in July, 1939. Sir Arthur Longmore became an Air Commodore in 1924, Air Vice l"iarshal in 1930, Air Marshal in 1935, and Air Chief Marshal in November 1939. Air Marshal Tedder has been second in command to Sir Arthur Longmore in the Middle East since his appointment in November of last year as Deputy Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Middle East. • Since 1934 when he became Air Commodore, Air Marshal Tedo.er has held a number of highly important posts. He was Director of Training at the Air Ministry for fully two years until he· went to Singapore in the Autumn of 1936 as the Air Officer Commanding, Far East Co1mnand. Within two years he had returned to the Air Ministry on hi s appointment as Director General of Research and Development. FolloYving the creation of t he Ministry of Aircraft Production he became Deputy Air Member for Development and Production in August of l ast year. Air Marshal Tedder was born in 1890 at Glenguin, Stirlingshire, and v\13.s educated at Whi tgift School, and at Magdalene College, , Cambridge. He entered the Dorset Regiment as a Second Lieutenant in 1913, and three years later was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps. During the v\13.r he served 1ai th the Air Force in France and the Middl e East, and v\13.s twice mentioned in despatches . He later saw service in Turkey during the Chanak crisis in 1922. He is a graduate of the Royal Naval Staff College, /Greenwich , -2 ­ Greenwich, and of tho Imperial Defonce College and has been instructor at the Royal Air Force Staff 8'ollegc. Ho became Air-Wioe 1farshal in July 1937 and wa.s promoted to his present rank in November of last year. Ho received tho c.B. in February 1937. Air Vice-Marshal Harris has been Deputy Chief of tho Air Staff since November, 1940, Hu was born at Choltonham in 1892 and was e:luca'ted at Gore Court , S,itting­bourne, and All Hallmllfs, Honiton. During tho last war ho· served. in the ranks of the First Rhodesian Regiment in Scuth and S.Outh-\~ost Africa, and joined the Royal Flying Corps as Second Lieutenant in 1915. Ho served in Franco and vras awarded tho A.r .c. in 1918. Ho Yras granted a permanent corrnnission as Squadron Loader in the R.A.F. in 1919 and during the following years served in Iraq, tho Middle East and at home. In 1.938 he was promoted Air Commodore and appointed to Command No . 4 (Bomber) Group. In tho following year ho visited the United States and C:anada as a member of tho Air Ministr-J Mission. On his return to England in July of the same year ho was appointed to command Headquarters , Palestine <;lnd Transjordan, · Ho was promoted Air Vice-Marshal in July, 1939, and in Soptumb<..:r vvas appoint<;J_ to a bomber group. Re received tho C. B. in July, 1940. Air Vico..:rviarshal Bottomley has boon in command of a lJombor group since Novumbur 1940. Ho had previously buon Senior Air Staff Officer at Hoadquartors Eombor Command. Ho was born at Halifax, Yorks , in 1891, and was educated at Halifax Secondary School and at Rormos University, France. Ho was commissioned in tho Third East Yorkshire R.Dgimont in 1911~, and transferred to tho Royal Flying Corps in 1916, Ho served with various units at homo and in Franco during tho war _and_ in 1918 was awarded tho A. F.C. Ho was granted a permanent commission in tho R.A.F. in 1919 and served in Irak, India and at homo. During 1928 he was in command of No . 4 (ArIIIY 0o­oporation) Squadron, as Squacl.ron Loader. During his. service in India, Air Vico­Harshal Bottomloy was awarded tho D. s .o. for his services in connection with operations in \Io.ziristan from 17th January to 15th S,optombor 1937.. Ho was mentioned in despatches in January 1941 and rcooivod tho C.B. in March, Air Marshal D!runnnona_ , who comes from Australia and served during part of the last war as a private in tho Australian Arrey Medical Corps , has had oxporionoo continuously in tho Middle Rast since 1936. Ho had boon in command at Northolt, before l~aving for Egypt. . Ho was born at Porth, Wostorn ,Australia, in 1894, Ho enlisted in tho Australian Army Medical Corps in S.eptombor 1914, serving in Egypt and Gallipoli, and after being commissioned to th0 Royal Flying Corps ho flon in Palestine and on tho Western Front. Ho, gained throe avrards in loss than 12 months, tho J'l.C. and D.s .o. and Bar, in each cas<..: for gallantry in action against the enemy in aerial combat. F.Eo received tho O. B. E. in 1921 for services in comr-uand of an expedition against tho Garjnk Nucrs in tho S.E. Sudan (being specially commended) during vfilich ho and a companion carried out a flight in a D.H.9 from Cairo to Nasser from 26th Ma.rah to 1st April 1920. S,ince thon ho has hold various appointments and has also attcndecl_ a course on -bNo occasions at tho School of Army GJ.:ooporation. Air 1-Iarshal Sir VT .G. S .Hitoholl, ono of many Austr alians to render valuable service to tho Royal Air Force: has boon Inspector General since May 19401 vrhon he relinquished cornrnand in tho MidcUo East. Ho was born at Cillnlx:rland, Now South Ualos in 1888. Ke was an officer in . tho Highlan::l Light Infantry in 1913 when he was seconded to tho Central Flying School. Ho qualified as a pilot in May 1913, his Royal Aero Club certificate being No . 483. /During J/6/41 -]fo•. 17, -' A COMMENTARY ON .ADMI~ DARLA.N"'S FIGURES The following is issued tonight by the Ministry of Economic irrarfare:­ Admiral Darlan has just accused Great Britain of illegally detaining or seizing 792,000 tons of French shipping valued at 120,000,000,000 francs -or, as he prefers to put it, at rather more than the total cost of German o~cupation to date. Once again, Darlan finds Germ.any more generous. Once again, ~the extent and nature of this generosity will not bear very close inspection. Why does the Admiral choose this moment to launch his attack? The Axis is facing a shipping crisis. Since the beginning of the war to May 13th close on 3,000,000 tons of Axis shipp:l..ng have been captured, seized or sunk. She needs every ship she can lay hands on in her attempt to solve her acute transport problerni. Sinkings by bombers of the Coastal Gommand in the .North Sea and the O:hannel have been particularly heavy recently, and Germany is finding increasing difficulty in pressing sear11en of occupied territories into· her service. . In addit.ion, the problem of Mediterranean shipping is of vital importance to her. ·Our iaction against Axis-controlled shipping in the Mediterranean is, from-the Axis paint of view, a Battle of the Mediterranean, comparable to the ·Battle of the .Atlantic. Is it surprising that this moment should have been chosen for Darlan to launch his sinultaneous complaint against British bru.tality and threat af' counter­action? It is the old smoke-screen of German -accusation to distract attention from her own intentions. Not content with her effective control over French merchant ~;hipping, she is anxious to embroil an unwilling French public directly with Britain~ It is interesting to note that a large number of-French 1r'.erchant ships are particularly suitable for service as !~editerranean troop-carriers, being fast liners of shallow· draught. · Admiral Darlan accuses Britain of illegally seizing 7921 000 tons of French shipping valued at i20,-ooo,ooo,ooo francs.. pr this, he admits that 36,000 tons is controlled by the Free French -i.e. is in the service of France uncontrolled by Germany. He also admits that 142,000 tons are irrnnobilised in United States ports by order of President Roosevelt -i.e. not by Britain at all. He also admits that 86,000 tons have been sunk -i.e. coastal traffic in direct service of Germany. In a Vichy survey of French shipping broadcast by the German Transocean service on :May 21st -22nd it was officially admitted that 43,000 tons was under the Free · French flag. 7,000 tons seem conveniently to have been mislaid by the Admiral. Thus, 271,000 tons fnust be subtracted from 792,000 before Vichy can being to talk of 11British piracy. 11 • . /Further -2 ­ Further, in the Vichy survey of May 20th referred ta ab6~t i~ was officially admitted that 250, 000 tons of French merehe.rti ehip~n~ was seized by Germa,ny in occupied te+rlt9.r:Y at the ,Arinis•tice, Though subsequently den;t:eq. by ~nna.n.;y1 a .reliab:te rtip6:i:'t fr·om Vichy seuroes on April ·20th cla:l.in~d that 5'.3 ships of. 24.01000 tons had :ftii>tiler been requisitioned by the oocupying forces for use under d:i.reet Geii'rnfili control. Even if we do not allow this-claim, onJY. 271;bo(j tons of French shipping oan be said to have fallen into British hands -and this, taking Darlan at his ovrn face value, which we feel justifiably chary of doing, Against this, Vich;y' illegally detained over 2001 000 tens of British and Allied shipping in unoccupied French, North African and otrher colonial ports~ She did this at the Order of the Gennan Annistice Commission, thus proving from the first day that the Annistice Commission controlled the French ports and communication routes which Darlan norr claims the right freely to dispose of. We know that no French ship may be transferred from one · route to' the other vvithout pennission from the A:nnistice Oonnnission. We lmovr that all French cargo manifests must be submitted to that Conlmission to enable the Axis to control shipping space for her own war needs, and to take a lion's share, even of imports into unoccupied France~ We ;know that oroers far scuttling are issued by the French Admiralty by order of the Armistice Conunissione It can clearly be seen·· tha.t the free disposal of France's ports and conununication routes by ~rlan or Vichy is as illusory as the freed.om of Vic}\y from Gennan control in other fields. Further• in the Vich;y' sm.-vey already quotea, it was estimated that France's merchant fleet still totalled 1t million tons,. This.,, at Darlan's rate of reckoning, is valued at 230,000,000,000 francs ... rather more than twice the cost of oooupatione It has been pr.oved that, as and when Gennany vvishes, she will control every ton of this and use ·it as she wishese Until thiS proof was complete, Brita.in pursued a policy of great restraint and leniency in the hope that French shipping would be lJBed onl.y' for the .needs of unoccupied France. Only when the fiati~n of Vichy independence has becm blatently disca:rded, both by Gernany and the Vichy Goverriment, did _we officially take full coaaizance of abuse of French independence by Axis control, +++++++++++ MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC WARFARE. .. 1/6/41 -No.18. f!:.ir_ Minis-1£Y-No.4036 The destruction of an enemy fighter by anti-aircraft gunfire off the South coast on Friday last, the 30th May, has now been confirmed. During daylight today a few enenv aircraft have flowu. near our coasts. Otherwise there is nothing to report·. .3RIJISH .. PR_~_S_Q}'TJPB_S_J;J:O~ P:fTJ:'.;~1IT___H_A]J])S 11Next of kin, if able to identify the men from the information ptiblished, are requested to advise the Casualty Branches of the Services concerned, forwarding Regimental or any other details. 11 .. The following is the latest list of British prisoners of war as received from enemy sources.:­ IN GERMAN HANDS Bernard Cassidy 3833 52, Chatham Street, Belfast~ Northern Ireland. Harry Peaks 3712 111, Powerscroft Road, Clapton, London. Frederick Saiders 3842 14, Ainsdale Crescent, Bells Lan e, Astley Estate, Notts. Wilfred Stringer 3839 16, Hanson Road, Andover, Rants. Frederick Planton 3721 North Common, Hepworth, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffo:J_lz. John Hooper L~085 116, Pl'Lmrntead JRoad, . Woolwich, S. E. 18., All_ are at STALAG IXB NINISTRY OF INFORMATION ~~~~-~ .2_. 6..41 MIDDLE EAST COMMUNIQUE. MEDITERRANEAN. R.A.F. fighters mai·ntained defensive patrols over H.M. ships in the Mediterranean throughout yesterday. In the course of these patrols they destroyed five Junkers 88 bombers, one S.79 bomber, and one Cant.1007 bomber, and damaged other Ju.88's so severely that a number of them are unlikely to have regained their bases. At Sfax, in Tunisia, the Italian ship previously attacked on May 30 was again bombed and machine-gunned. Three direct hits on the vessel were followed by clouds of black smoke. CRETE. The aerodromes at Maleme and Heraklion vrere [}gain heavily bombed during the night of May 30/31. Three enemy aircraft were set on fire at Maleme, and at Heraklion a number of fires, accompanied by heavy explosions, amongst the aerodrome buildings. machine-gunned and damaged. were Six started near the runvvays and Ju.88 1 s. on the ground were CYRENAICA. Benghazi was attacked by our bomber aircraft during the night of May 30/31. Bombs were ob?erved bursting on the C:athedral Mole and on the Julian Mole. ABYSSINIA. Bombers of the South African Air Force attacked enemy motor transport, tents and buildings near Ghimbi. Bombs were seen to fall on large buildings, huts, and parked motor transport. From all the above operation~ four of our aircraft are missing. •' Air Ministry _p~y~s Service Air IvJ_inistrx Bull_e_t}_ll.,}f_o. 4038 ~~A.F. Middle East 9 --.r-une-f;--·-19J±.!~-· Today, when he entered ~aghdad, the Regent of Iraq was received by a lp.rge gather.:in.g of notabilities 9 including the British Ambass1 d.OI' and the head of the British Military Mission. The citizens gave him an enthusiatic vvelcome.. He eld a reception shortly after his entry into the city and among those received was Mr. Paul I\nabenshue, the American Minister.. A few minutes after he. had received the short telegram from the newly constituted. government accepting the British terms for the armistice, ~ O.C~ Imperial Ground Forces paid warm tribute to the E.A.F. for the part it played in the campaign.. The thirty days' war, he said, had been -brought to its rapid and successful conclusion becav.se of the close and ha:rmonious co-operation between the ground and air forces; He said that he and Air Vice Marshal D1 Albiac, t4e Air Officer ,ommanding, had been in consultation h9urly each day from six '---iri the morning till midnight. 11 It has been the most wonderful example of air f"Orce !':!nd rnilitary co-operation, n he added. It is po9siole that the tremendous attack which the R.A.F. made on the insurgents' machine-gun and artillery positions late on Friday finally broke the· reoels' morale, for, an hour or two afterwards they had asked the British Amoassador to find o·u.t from the British Corrrrnanders their terms for an armistice. 1/6/,4-1 -No. 22 OFFICI.AL JIDMIAALTY COlVlMUlJIQUE The Board of Admiralty regrets to announce that _);he armed Merchant Cruiser H.M.S. SALOPIAN (Captain Sir ·J.M. ALLEYNE, Ba.rt., D.s.o., D. S. c-. , R. N. ) has been s\J.nk. The next o£ kin of casualties have been informed. ADMIRALTY