MENACE TO BRITAIN.
PROBABLE ATTEMPT TO INVADE.
QUESTION OF EVACUATION. (Received This Day, 11.5 a.m.) LONDON, June 13. Tlie Minister of Health (Mr Malcolm MacDonald) in the House of Commons, spoke of the risk of a German invasion of Britain and said the enemy would probably attempt to seize certain places on the coast and occupy them as bridgeheads through which to pour men and materials. British forces resisting such attempts ought not to bo hampered by refugees crowding the roads, and' civilians would do the best service by staying where they were. It was true, however, that resistance by our forces to the enemy &ould be simpler and easier if before the operations started the civilian population in those places'was reduced to - a minimum. The position was under review every 24 hours, and in a case where some evacuation may be necessary for military reasons the Government would not rule out the possibility of compulsory evacuation.—British Official Wireless.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 211, 14 June 1940, Page 5
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