HEARTFELT THANKS
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BRITAIN'S PLEDGED WORD
(British Official Wireless.)
(Received May 13, 10 a.m.)
RUGBY, May 12
The following message has been received by the King from Queen Wilhelmina:— L"I desire to express my heartfelt thanks for your kind message, proving in this moment of grave tribulation ,that your Majesty and your people throughout the British Empire are ready and anxious to give us ail possible moral and material support. I wish to tell your Majesty how happy I am that our peoples' fleets and armies are fighting side by side against ruthless' aggression. I feel certain that the cause of freedom and justice will triumph in the end/ -
The King of the Belgians, has replied as follows:—"Your Majesty's far-reach-ing and encouraging message has touched me deeply. It brings me, in the grave hour through which my country is passing, valuable proof of the fidelity of the British people to their pledged word. The cause which Belgium is defending is sacred to my countrymen, and I share the unshakable confidence which your message expresses in the free and independent future of our two countries."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 112, 13 May 1940, Page 10
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186HEARTFELT THANKS Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 112, 13 May 1940, Page 10
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