THE GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 776, sig. 110-5/66

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about the conclusion of a cease-fire a Uebler propaganda rtrick in order to bring the Italian resistance with possibly 86 further landings to a standstill. a few weeks ago, when the question of the security of protected Italian coast marks and individual locations of militia, circles was discussed, the Italian commander declared that the Italian. Werkrmacht not take the honor Liesse , the fatherland to defend the most vulnerable places , - in reality , to protect the shackle points for the possibly. The Italian government sent a call for assistance to the governments of the rich government and asked for a large supply of potatoes and oil for the ital for urgent needs, in order to be able to tolerate the reg- eration in its own hands and to eliminate a resistance of the German troops. fleet for the continuation of their military actions against England and America.' a single chain of evil, most shameful violence, a huge chain of greenest homesickness and hypocritesLer nn hypocrite, as it has probably not happened in modern history. all this travels around the frame in which the times have to move in their commentary. In this context, they must be abhorrent, hateful, affronting the Italian leadership clique, which disapproves the Italian people. as a great conclusion and as the tener on which all of them are concerned, it must be established that the rich government has seen this development from the beginning and has taken its precaution. any practical impact of the policy of the Raeter emanuels and Badeglios has been involved in the war. in the European war situation, in the military situation of the suedffont will be of no importance. in collaboration with all those Italians who still have a spark of honour and fatherland feeling in their bodies, who recognize the terrible feeling that has been caused by their volke, Germany will defend those parts of Italy that are indispensable for the defence of Europe. this is also known by the enemy, and the first engl. Commenting opinion Lautet therefore: the Italians have left the war, italy not.' - Roosevelt explains: ''we shall not give us the impression that this ceasefire means the end of the war in the Mediterranean.'' the German divisions, which are located in Italy, will bear care that the enemy never reaps the fear from the betrayal through which victor emanuel and badeglie the ital. People should play in the hands.