EXCHANGE OF OFFICERS
Resumption of Pre=War Custom Between Britain and Germany SIX MONTHS’ COMMISSIONS HITLER FAVOURS STEP
(United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph Copyright). Received 11.30 a.m. to-day. LONDON, April 23. Coinciding with Britain condemning Germany’s* re-armament and the treaty denunciation, and closely following the German conscription, the British authorities have agreed to resume the pre-war custom of exchanging English and German army officers. Twenty officers from various British Tegiments and a corresponding number of Germans will receive six months’ commissions in each other s armies to enable them to learn the language. The German Government has long desired such a resumption, with -Herr Hitler strongly favouring it, because it will enhance German military prestige abroad.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 24 April 1935, Page 5
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116EXCHANGE OF OFFICERS Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 24 April 1935, Page 5
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