News: CBS: Elmer Davis And The News (excerpt highlighted in gray)
July 16, 1940 (8:55 PM)
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1). We will know FDR's intentions toward a third term within a few hours. Senator James Byrnes is the top choice for VP.

2). The Japanese formed a new ministry under Prince Fumumaro Konoye on totalitarian lines. The new prime minister set up the new government to implement a policy of national consolidation and defense.

3). Totalitarian propagandists are telling different stories about the offering of peace to England.
 
Timeline: July 16, 1940
Adolf Hitler issues Directive No. 16: On preparations for a landing operation against England. The landing would be on a wide front from Ramsgate to west of the Isle of Wight. Preparations are to be completed by mid-August. First, the English Air Force must be reduced to pose no threat to a German crossing, mined channels must be cleared, Straits of Dover are to be sealed off with minefields on both flanks, and the English Navy must be held down in the North Sea and Mediterranean. Invasion will bear name Seelöwe (Sea Lion).