HONOUR WITHDRAWN
NORWAY’S QUISLING ACTION BY BRITAIN (Reed. June 13, 2.50 p.m.) LONDON, June 12. The under-secretary of Foreign Affairs, Mr. R. A. Butler, in the House of Commons, announced that Major Quisling who was nominated by the Germans as the head of the “puppet government established in Norway after the invasion has been removed from the Order of the British Empire. Mr. Butler stated that Major Quisling was appointed an honorary commander of the Order of the British Empire in November 1929 in recognition of the services he had rendered to Britain in connection with the protection of British interests in the Soviet Union while serving on the staff of the Norwegian Legation at Moscow. ,
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20273, 14 June 1940, Page 9
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116HONOUR WITHDRAWN Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20273, 14 June 1940, Page 9
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