CHANGE OF POLICY
PROTECTION OF PLYMOUTH CHILDREN
(Rec. 1 p.m.) RUGBY, April 29. Announcing the declaration of an evacuation area in Plymouth, the Ministry of Health states that the question was considered last summer, and the Ministry did not feel that the step ought to be taken in view of the heavy pressure on the reception areas. But the Minister himself visited Plymouth on March 24, shortly after the first of the recent air attacks on the city. The question was then discussed on the spot, and it was agreed that it was not necessary or desirable to take action.
The atithorities responsible locally have now requested that Plymouth should be made an evacuation area, and arrangements are being made to remove school children, to the number of about 10,000, from the areas affected as quickly as possible.
This decision places Plymouth in the same category as London and similar places regarded by the Luftwaffe as desirable targets. The evacuation refers of course only to children of school age, and women with young chilren.—B.O.W.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 100, 30 April 1941, Page 9
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174CHANGE OF POLICY Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 100, 30 April 1941, Page 9
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