Aeroplanes, believed to be hostile, appeared off the east
coast of Scotland.
M Reynaud held a meeting of the inner cabinet at which General
Gamelin and Admiral Darlan were present.
Count Teleki, Premier of Hungary, arrived in Rome.
French war communiqué announced patrol activity to
the east of the Saar.
British trawlers Salacon Recordo and Helios reported attacks
by machine guns and bombs from German aircraft.
Norwegian Ministry of foreign affairs revealed that a note
of protest to Germany against the sinking of Norwegian ships
had been delivered to the German government on
8
March 1940. Nothing is known of any German reply.
Officially announced in Prague that to German frontier guards
had been murdered the night before at Birke.
Twenty-first anniversary of the foundation of the Fascist
movement celebrated throughout Italy.
German mission headed by Dr Karl
Clodius, in Bucharest, negotiating for economic domination.
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