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June 7, 1944

Still weak with a fever; tired, perspiring and with a headache.

Tribune: "Nippon wild eagles sink foe cruiser" — off Biak. They attacked the naval squadron protecting the landing forces, sank one ship, and lost no planes.

"Foe air troops wiped out in Normandy.... Enemy facing second Dunkirk, says Goebbels." The Germans don't know where they stand yet, and neither do we.

Splashes: "The trouble with our black market is that it is about the only market we have." Meanwhile, Maharajah sympathizes with the Biba's "helpless state." Commentator, after predicting that a Second Front was impossible, is taking a respite from his arduous duties. So far, his batting record is nil. After announcing earlier the annihilation of the Anglo-Americans, the Tokyo-Berlin Hour quotes the German High Command as saying: "Heavy fighting continues."