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Norwegian port. It was officially announced
in Cairo today that King Farouk had dismissed
the Egyptian Government under Nahas Pasha.
In England there is some political
news. The Commonwealth Party has
decided to approach Labour for affiliation.
Now Allied troops are advancing in
Holland. Queen Wilhelmina recorded
a message for British listeners to the 9
o'clock Home Service after which the
Dutch National Anthem was played.
Joseph Macleod introduced the war report.
Preparations for the liberation of Greece
were begun in 1942. Godfrey Talbot
spoke about the land forces Adriatic
which consist of specially trained
men, experts on skies, parachutists,
small sailing ships and seagoing
ships and an RAF regiment fighting as
infantry. Kenneth Matthews said
that the saving of Patras is due to one
man, the harbour pilot who warned
partisans so that they could take away
the dynamite sticks the Germans had
placed. Frank Gillard said the Belgian
Government took a drastic step
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