The Archive · 1940

Of Conquest

Nazi Ten-Year Plan — Ambitious Programme Revealed in London

London, Apr. 7.

A Nazi ten-year plan to conquer Europe, first discovered by the Czech police during a raid in 1998 on the headquarters in Prague "of Herr Henlein, then Sudeten leader in Czechoslovakia, was issued today by the Ministry of Information in the form of a coloured poster, The programme of acquisition, according to this document, is as follows: Austria and Czechoslovakia in 1938; Poland and Hungary in 1939; Rumania, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria in 1940; Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, the Ukraine, and northern France in 1941; Scandinavia and Portugal later, and Great Britain before 1948, Copies of the time-table were sent secretly to organizers of the Nazi Party in Austria, and later to Czechoslovakia, with detailed instructions to select their tools and foment campaigns of disobedience to ruling governments adds the Ministry of Information.—Reuter, Honolulu to Have Black-out Honolulu, Apr. 7.

Honolulu will be given a "sample" of the European War next month, according to Chief Engineer B. F. Bush, who announced today he had made arrangements for civilian co-Operation in a proposed territorial black-out to be held between 8.30 pin. and 9 pin., May 23. During the black-out, manceuvring Army Planes of the Hawaiian Department will drop flares.—United Press.

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