7, Railroads, bridges, radio and oil" establishments, will not be damaged or destroyed but handed to the Allies for their use. The Allied forces will have the right to place Syria under military occupation for the duration of the war, 8. All Germans and Italians in. Syria will be handed over for internment, 9, All naval units will be handed over intact to be interned and, con= sequently, will be brought to and kept in Beirut, They may be eventually sent somewhere else under the orders Jof the Commander-in-Chict of the Mediterranean Fleet if conditions of security make this necessary. The restitution of these vessels after the war, or compensation for them, Is guaranteed to a united France, 10, The blockade wilt be lifted and /Syria and Lebanon will be immediate. ly joined fo the sterling bloc, 11, All Britons taken prisoner in the course of operations in Syria and' Lebanon will be freed immediately.
Some raiders were able to make a low-flying attack. but.no casualties were caused, Three fighters were shot down, all IMceri 200's. and fell into the sea, Sqme of those damaged were so badly that they were unlikely to have reached their home bases.
No Britisn fighters wore lost, the [submarine was further than that from the American vessel.
The incident was said to have occurred at dusk and the destroyer was afraid the submarine might release a torpedo, so the depth charge was dropped as a warning.
Col, Knox was said to have told the committee that no American vessel had opened fire knowingly on a German vessel but he refused to discuss new orders concerning mainten-ante of Atlantic sea lanes—United Press,
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