military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (10/24/90)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Monday, 21 October, 1940 Japanese Ambassador Tatekawa visits Moscow to begin negotiations; his goal is to achieve a non-aggression pact with the USSR. Mexican President Cardenas halts the export of oil and scrap iron to Japan, citing "continental solidarity" as the reason. The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey and the Texas Oil Company file complaints with the U.S. State Department. The two companies share ownership of some of the oil facilities damaged in yesterday's raid on Bahrein. Winston Churchill broadcasts to the Continent in French, urging French citizens not to abandon their faith in Britain, and warning that Hitler plans on the total subjugation of France and her colonies. He also speaks with scorn of Germany's failure to invade the island. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@att.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "We are waiting... so are the fishes!" - Winston Churchill