BADOGLIO’S MESSAGE
(Rec. 11 p.m.) LONDON, Aug. 18. Marshal Badoglio, in a three-minute broadcast on Rome radio, addressed “ our beloved brothers in Sicily, whose sacred territory had to be abandoned after a vigorous defence by Italian and German troops against vastly preponderant forces and material.” “ Italy has known grief like this before,” he added, “but it has never weakened her fibre. No event will ever detach you Sicilians from the great motherland. Every Italian heart is with you and for you. As head of the Government I.will take all necessary measures to alleviate the suffering of Sicilian refugees in continental Italy. Do not despair. A people to whom the whole world owes 2000 years of civilisation cannot perish if it retains its faith.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25309, 20 August 1943, Page 5
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