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The day in dispatches
Filed through the day, as it happened
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Churchill says Russia's national interest is the key to its next move
LONDON Winston Churchill used his broadcast tonight to set out how he reads the Soviet Union's part in the war.
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Churchill says Britain is preparing for at least three years of war
LONDON Britain is preparing for a war lasting at least three years, Winston Churchill, the First Lord of the Admiralty, said tonight in a radio broadcast on the first month of the fighting.
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Hitler receives Italy's Foreign Minister, Count Ciano, in Berlin
BERLIN Hitler received Count Galeazzo Ciano, the Italian Foreign Minister, at 18:30 local time (17:30 GMT) this evening, shortly after Ciano arrived in Berlin, German reports say.
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Berlin says the handover of Warsaw and Modlin is going to plan
BERLIN The handover of Warsaw and Modlin to German forces is going according to plan, the German High Command says in its report for today.
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Britain holds a national day of prayer
LONDON Britain is observing a national day of prayer today, with services in churches across the country and religious broadcasts on the BBC Home Service.
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Poland's ambassador in London protests against the German-Soviet agreement
LONDON Poland will never recognise the agreement in which Germany and the Soviet Union divided Polish territory, Count Edward Raczyński, the Polish Ambassador in London, has told the British Government in a note.
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Berlin says it will treat British merchant ships as warships
LONDON Germany now regards every British merchant ship as a warship, according to an announcement on German radio last night.
Where things stood at the start of the day
- Poland
- Władysław Raczkiewicz has taken the oath as President of Poland at the Polish Embassy in Paris. He has named General Władysław Sikorski Prime Minister and Minister of War.
- Warsaw and Modlin
- Berlin says a further 269 officers and about 5,000 men have surrendered at Modlin. German troops are expected to enter Warsaw on Monday.
- North Sea
- London says some RAF aircraft have not returned from an attack near Heligoland. Berlin says German fighters shot down five of six British aircraft.
- Moscow agreements
- Berlin and Moscow papers call their friendship final and say the war now rests with London and Paris.
- The Vatican
- Pope Pius XII has told Poles that Poland is not going to die.
- China
- Japan says it has surrounded 500,000 Chinese troops north of Changsha. Chinese sources deny it.
- Neutrals
- The United States Senate begins debating the neutrality bill on Monday.