OFFICIAL DENIAL
LONDON REPORT
N.Z. TROOPS IN GREECE
' A cable received yesterday from London by the United Press Association stated:
"It is authoritatively stated that certain mixed units of British, Australian, and New Zealand troops have gone to Greece. ••The British United Press correspondent in Athens reports that an overjoyed crowd carried British soldiers shoulder high through the streets. Embarrassed Anzacs and some Tommies from northern England failed completely wnen they tried to dodge the overpowering attentions of the Greeks. The huge square before the Royal Palace became a sea of waving flags." NO TRUTH IN REPORT. When the report was referred to the Government, it was officially announced that "it can be authoritatively stated that there is no truth in the London report that New Zealand troops have been sent to Greece."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 127, 25 November 1940, Page 8
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133OFFICIAL DENIAL Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 127, 25 November 1940, Page 8
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