CARE IN ROME
WHEN ALLIES ENTER HISTORIC MONUMENTS TO BE PRESERVED Recd. 6 p.m. Ruby, Oct. 1. The next German move was discussed to-day by President Roosevelt at a Press conference in Washington. He did not commit himself as to where it is likely to be, but he did give some particulars of the present state of affairs in Rome. The city, he said, was occupied by German forces, and the Vatican was virtually surrounded. Although the Pope was not in a state of siege, he had not anything resembling complete freedom, because German troops were stationed round St. Peter’s Square, practically in his front garden. The President added that he hoped that the monuments and the historical part of Rome would be recovered by the Allies without destruction. Everyting possible would be done to protect the Vatican. The Germans would try to induce destruction in Rome by Allied forces, and he indicated that the American forces would be on the alert against any such efforts—8.0.W.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 234, 4 October 1943, Page 5
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