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

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120 - 2 - words of appeasement because of the re-establishment of German submarines had found, he concluded, that the tasks lying before the Allies were still huge, especially since the German people's forces are increasingly clinging together. Istambul, the 27.7.l943. The change of government in Italy is naturally also in the foreground of all press considerations here. In the Tasvary Efkiar, the military rapporteur Togri refers to the news from all sources that Italians have been resisting more strongly in Sicily for two or three days than they used to. He then writes: Italy today is dominated only by the one thought of defending the Italian earth to the last against the enemy. Also in England the true meaning of the events in Italy seems to have been understood. In addition, I report that the Swiss newspaper "Gazette de Lausanne" also recognizes the great personality and the historical merits of Mussolini for Italy and for Europe. Mussolini is equally well-appreciated in the Spanish newspapers of today. The Finnish press is again concerned with Mussolina and appreciates/in a positive form. No mention of Mussolini can be found in the Italian press itself. 4og=1.7.7s.