CONSCIENCE CLEAR
King Leopold Interviewed I Rec. 7.31) p.m.) SALZBURG, July 19. “1 um human and have made mistakes, but they are mistakes of method, not of principle. ’’ said King Leopold in an interview. “I have a ch ar conscience, which cannot be said of ntany people I trusted.” Justifying the surrender in 1940. King Leopold said it was impossible to fight longer. “I surrendered with the words ‘I am vour prisoner,’ just like any other soldier. There is no truth in the stories spread in the early days of that war that my surrender was premeditated and prearranged with the Nazis.” _
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23259, 21 July 1945, Page 5
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