CONTROL IN MILAN
ALLIED BAN ON MEETINGS Rec. 9 a.m. LONDON, May 19. Milan radio says that the Allied Military Government has banned all public meetings in Milan. An official decree has been issued in Milan providing for penalties of up to 30 years' imprisonment for any attempt to resurrect the Fascist Party, reports the Exchange Telegraph agency's Zurich correspondent. Anyone responsible for instigating civil war will be given a-life term. The leader of the Italian Communist Party, Togliatti, has appealed to the Allied general in command in Milan for permission for the leaders of the popular parties to address workers, says Reuters Rome correspondent. Togliatti said that denial oil this right under the Allied ban on meetings would have undesirable repercussions. The general replied that the ban had been imposed at a high level and that no exceptions could be made.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 118, 21 May 1945, Page 4
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142CONTROL IN MILAN Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 118, 21 May 1945, Page 4
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