Nine hundred London schools were the scene of an evacuation rehearsal this morning. The first group of children were ready and completely equipped, and could have departed for a secret destination, within an hour. Similar rehearsals were con~ ducted in schools in thirty provincial centres.
The Air France services from London to Lo Bourget, Cannes, Zurich Basle and Central Europe have been Jsuspended. The services from London Paris and Marseilles, and west of lof this me, are operating ax usual. fas are those to Hongkong, West Africa and South America, Some parts of London have already been sandbagged. Furniture vans stood outside many offices, removing papers, desks and chairs to country refuges, to which firms are prepared to remove If necessary.
The Lord Privy Seal's department has impressed upon shopkeepers the necessity of securing that internal fighting that can be made invisible from outside, and external lights be immediately extinguished, if neces-any.
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