740.0011 European War 1939/11260: Telegram
The Minister in Egypt (Kirk) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 25, 2:35 p.m.]
580. My 564, May 22 [23], 7 p.m.14 King George of Greece arrived in Alexandria yesterday accompanied by the British Minister to Greece who had been in Crete.
[Page 730]Detailed information regarding the continued intensive military action in Crete is not available here and although there is no inclination to minimize the gravity of the situation there the fact that the position is still being held is regarded at the moment as grounds for some confidence in British circles here. Serious British naval losses are admitted but German reenforcements by sea are said to have been so far impeded.
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