London Electrified
LONDON, Sept. 8. Despite rumours throughout the week of imminent capitulation, the news 01 the Italian surrender electrified London. The news first reached London via the New York radio. Then within a few minutes, a flash came from Algiers, but because of the censorship ban, it was not possible to send anything from London for nearly three-quarters of an hour. Newspaper representatives were summoned to the Ministry of Information shortly before 5.30 p.m. to hear the dictation of General Eisenhower’s statement. The Director of the News Division read the statement to a crowded room and loud cheers greeted the announcement. It was exactly 6.30 p.m. when he reached the words “becomes effective this instant,” and it was apparently 5.30 p.m. at which hostilities were to cease.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 68, Issue 215, 10 September 1943, Page 5
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