ALARM IN BERLIN
ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS IN ACTION FROM ROOF OF FOREIGN OFFICE. PLANES FLY LOW OVER WILHELMSTRASSE. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day. 10.23 a.m.) RUGBY. August 2. _ The Associated Press of Great Britain’s Berlin correspondent says the daily Foreign Office Press conference was dramatically interrupted when anti-aircraft guns, apparently situated on the roof of the Foreign Office, suddenly went into action. Two planes flew’low over the Wilhclmstrasse at 11.15 a.m. (G.M.T.), drawing fire from the Foreign Office. The gunfire lasted thirty seconds. Many people rushed to shelters, but the sirens were not sounded. This is the first time since the outbreak of war that the guns at the Wilhclmstrasse have been in action.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 August 1940, Page 5
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114ALARM IN BERLIN Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 August 1940, Page 5
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