R.A.F. PRAISED
GREEK PREMIER'S MESSAGE
< British OtßeiaJ Wireless.! (Received January 2, 12.20 p.m.) RUGBY, January 1. Sir Arthur Longmore. Air Com-mander-in-Chief in the Middle East, has received the following telegram from General Metaxas, the Greek Premier:—"l send you my warmest wishes for the New Year and desire to express - the hope that all concerned with the glorious British Royal Air Force in the Middle East will continue their victories until the complete eclipse of our mutual enemy." , ' Sir Arthur Longmore replied: "I* am most grafeful for the good wishes you sent me and our airmen of the > Middle East, which we cordially re- , ciprocate. We are proud to be the-, allies of Greece. The fortitude of her \ people and gallantry , and continuing.. success of, her forces give us^every con-,;, fidence in-^ a decisive victory." We;,, salute you"and all your countrymen.'*^
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 1, 2 January 1941, Page 7
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