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on the Hess mystery came a.
British middle east headquar-
tiers announced officially that
German planes had landed in
Freuch-mahdated Syria, while
other reports said units Of the
Luftwaffe were en- route to aid
IraQ. 1,.
In Berlin, Maxi sources said II
was not expected that Reichs-
fuehrer Hitler would make .
speech to the German people on
the Hess affair.
Authoritative quarters in Lon
don spiced the riddle by declin.
ing to confirm unofficial but
censor-passed reports that the
Naxi deputy fuehrer, In defiance
Of Adolf Hitler's orders, dew to
Britain as . self-constituted
apostle Of peace"
THREE HlGHLIGHTS
The new twist further compli-
Gated the wars strangest story.
These facts emerged:
/. A British radio spokesman
6rst limited broadly that Hess
was divulging vital German
military secrets by declaring he
was talking ana writing words
which will make the German
high command sweat" <
2. The Berlin radio subse-
quently insisted that Hess, suf.
fering a messiah complex" few
to the Scottish estate OF the
Duke of Hamilton, an old friend,
in the hope of bringing about an
end to the war.
8. Informed British quarters
then accepted this version-only
to have 1t cast in doubt by high
officials.
Churchill had been expected
to make a statement on the case
today, but il was later reported
that he had decided to postpone
apparently wanting more in
formation from the deputy
fuehrer before laying the. whole
affair before parliament.
A highly placed American
source in London declared that
Hess" arrival constituted q
threat" to the defense of the
British Isles and that he might
be the harbinger of new. smash
ing attacks by the German mill.
tary machine.
TOO OPTIMISTIC?
Blaming the British for cast
ing too rosy a glow" on the in
cident, this source said that 1t
might "lull people and soften
them for new blows by Ger
many.
On the action front, a British
middle east headquarters COM
munique said Axis wArplanes
continuously" attacked the Is
land of Crete and the British
naval base there, at Suda bay,
May ~ and 10.
Hitler's high command said
the Nazi Luftwaffe effectively"
bombed military detectives on
the Islands of Malta and Crete
by day and night" destroying IS
British planes on the ground in
attacks on two Crete airports
and shooting down eight others
in fights over the Island.
The Germans also asserted
that Nazi dive-bombers effec-
lively interfered with Allied
troops landing in Suda bay.
In the battle of the Atlantic, Q
German U-boat was credited
with sinking q "well-armed" TO-
OOO-ton British auxiliary cruiser.
AXIS LINES BOMBED.
Dispatches from Cairo said
British naval planes, striking at
Axis supply lines, bombed an
Africa-bound convoy in the
Mediterranean and sank an g.
000-ton merchant ship. An Arts
destroyed, guarding the convoy,
was also reported hit, with
clouds Of smoke pouring from
it," .
A British communique said
the feet air arm also joined In
the Iraq fighting, attacking bar
racks at Amara, on the Tigris
river, and other detectives.
An Iraq communique said a
lone Raj raider droned. over
Baghdad, the capital. and drop
ped a number of bombs.
"Our troops organized patrols
and made several contacts with
the enemy" the Iraq war bulle-
tin said.
On the African war front,
Premier Mussolini's high COM
mand acknowledged that British
troops were exertins heavy pres
sure on surviving Italian col
umns in all sections of Ethiopia
particularly in the Amba Ala
II sector, where the British claim
$4,000 italians are trapped with
little hope Of escape.
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