Allied Planning

In their Supreme War Council the British and French decide to make a formal agreement that neither will make a separate peace. A study is ordered 'for the bombing of the Russian oil area in the Cauasus', a reflection of concern that the Germans could be fueled by Soviet oil.

In the same meeting it is also decided to mine Norwegian coastal waters and, if the Germans seem ready to interfere, to send a military expedition to Norway. The contingency plan prepared for such an eventuality has had to be abandoned, however, because the excuse for landings in Norway was to have been a clause in the constitution of the League of Nations allowing transit for troops if they were going to the aid of a victim of aggression. This is now invalid, of course, because of the Finnish surrender. The operation is timed to start on Apr 5 but is later deferred to 8 Apr - a vital difference in view of the timing the Germans fix for their own landings(see April 1).

Battle of the Atlantic

The Norwegian steamer Burgos (3219t) in convoy FS-31 sinks on a German destroyer-laid mine in the North Sea. The entire crew is rescued by the British sloop Pelican.

Canada, Politics

- Mackenzie King's Liberal Party is returned to power in the Canadian elections.

Diplomatic Relations

Britain and France agree not to sign a separate peace with Nazi Germany.

Pacific

Russian cargo ships Selenga and Vladimir Mayakovski, carrying metallic ores to Vladivostock for trans-shipment to Germany, are ordered to Hong Kong by British warships.