military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (10/16/90)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Wednesday, 16 October, 1940 Japan enters negotiations with the Dutch East Indies over that region's oil resources. U-boats sink the fourth merchantman in the last week in the northern English Channel. Among the victims is the merchant cruiser Cheshire. Confusion reigns in the Balkans. Reports claim that Russian troops have entered Rumania, German troops are in Albania, and that an attack on Turkey is imminent. Chinese mechanics work to overhaul some 2000 US-provided trucks in preparation for the re-opening of the Burma Road. The US Export Control Administration moves to block foreign orders of machine tools. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@att.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "Your act today affirms not only your loyalty to your country but your will to build your future for yourselves." - Franklin Roosevelt, in a nationwide broadcast to draft registrees.