UNEASY ITALIANS
PROTEST TO THE KING
HIGH. COMMAND JOINS IN (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright.) (Rec. 11 a.m.) LONDON, Dec. 28. Crown Prince Umberto and members of the Italian High Command have pro tested to King Victor Emmanuel that Italy is virtually undefended. They have demanded in a
strongly-worded memorandum that Italy's main attention bo diverted to tho defence of Corsica and Sardinia and the "restoration of Italy's full independence and the elimination of foreign influence." This is stated in a message from Lausanne, quoted by Moscow. Among the proposed measures for home security are demands that all Italian troops be withdrawn from tiie Russian front, the formation' of women's battalions for coastal defence, and the calling up of 16-year-old boys for military service.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXIII, Issue 25, 29 December 1942, Page 5
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