THE KING OF GREECE
BROADCAST FROM LONDON CERTAINTY OF VICTORY RUGBY, Sept. 23, King George of the Hellenes broadcast to the French people tonight from what he described as “ the great capital of the British Empire, which is at present more than ever the capital of the world’s liberties.”
“The onslaught of the two Empires,” said the King, “.enabled them to prevail in Greece and Crete without succeeding in breaking the undaunted souls of Greece. We come here (to London) the better to direct the interests of the nation, for here it is that, in common with our allies, we shall take the decisions with regard to our participation in the war. This will be carried on until final victory is won.” The King added: “Anyone who has crossed the Atlantic as I have done cannot but be impressed by the absolute control of the seas exercised by Britain and the United States. Anyone who finds himself to-day in this mighty outpost of civilisation, this gigantic and impregnable fortress into which this heroic island lias been transformed and who has witnessed the steadily increasing strength of Britain and her allies, as well as the incomparable fortitude of the British people, cannot possibly doubt the certainty of victory.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24721, 25 September 1941, Page 7
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