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SPECIAL DISTRIBUTION CULTURAL POLICY DIRECTORATE-GENERAL ROUND FUNK STRENG CONFIDENCE! DEPARTMENT- AND HELLDIENST Only for personal service use! To be destroyed on your own responsibility! (§ 353c RStGB.) 316/I/43 Verification No. M 11 September 1943. Reports from the H e 1 1 f u n k: until 12.3o o'clock an ever-running material: London: Daily Express to the keynote speech: Hitler had nothing to offer the German people and he therefore limited himself in his speech to failures against Badoglio and the invitation to the German People b.s to the last to shark out. He did not go into the strength of the Allies, nor into the Soviet Union, nor to the Jews, nor the victory. He pre-empted the German public agf heavy fights in Italy. Ward Price in Daily lay: The arrogant leader is a desperate man, whose brilliant triumphs have turned to a struggle for the existence of the German people. A statement by General Ruggiero on the situation in Milan states: His troops were not disarmed by the Germans, but would remain in Lailand to maintain order and calm. The German and Italian soldiers will jointly take over the protection of the transport connections. The German troops, however, remain so close outside the city that they can immediately enter the city centre.The Germans declare that they are using weapons when it is necessary to maintain the Italian troops' not gelán e,dic order. Stockholm: Eińe z.Zt.in Berlin Gerinddiche Military Absorption Ital.Office was invet- ed by the Germans. Vashington sees Ron's occupation as a German delay maneuver. STT Berne: The daughter of the Italian King's Countess of Bergolo arrived in Lugano, Switzerland, with three Kgnders. 9 The newspaper Danoite,Rio de Janeiro,for the occupation of Ron by the Germans: Attila again in Rome. Reports: The Germans now control more Genoa, Legnano, Todi,Piacenze,Verona,Bologna as well as all the bridges that flow across the Po and the Ticino. Washington: Roosevelt and Churchill address an appeal to the Italian people with the call to take sharp action against the Germans. The allied troops come to bring the Italian people freedom and peace.Hitler u.lussolini have brought Italy to the brink of the abyss.The Germans have always let the Italians down on the battlefields.The All. have provided atarke troops,the German terror will not last long.Trusted in the cynical future,everything will be good! The All. will drive the Germans out of your country, you must support them by all means. Times: The occupation of Ron indicates that the Germans want to build their defence front further in the south. Flash: IH Malta 5 Italian battleships,7 cruisers and 6 destroyers run in. Flash,Radio Algiers reports: Salerno taken from the Allies.