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ACTION IN GREECE MAILS FROM BRITAIN reactions~of troops (11 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 4. A senior British officer directly connected with the operations in Athens and Attica, addressing press correspondents to-day, expressed concern at the reactions of British troops, who on receiving mail from Britain generally feel that what they are doing in Greece is seen in the wrong light at home. The officer said: “My sole object in Athens is to restore law and order, and to see that every man not authorised to bear arms is deprived of them. “The British operations in Athens are governed by two main factors. The first is that we are fighting right in the middle of a civil population. Nobody wants to hurt a single innocent civilian. The second is that the number of troops needed depends more on the number of houses in a given district than on the number ol enemy troops in the district. We have been most careful to protect the population, and as we liberate them food is distributed. There is no doubt about their gratitude to us.’’
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21604, 5 January 1945, Page 3
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