"BIG OVERGROWN GERMANS"
Ifc NO POOD SUPPLIES PROM BRITAIN. LONDOK, March 8. * "No food will be taken fron/England ro feed those hig, overgrown Ger-lnanr-i, ' ' said Lord Montgomery in a speech at a ceremony at which he recelvoii the freedom of Hastings. ' \Ve are looking after the children but the Germans have got to tighten tlieir belts. The Germans have lived very well indeed for years and years, and we will keep them at 1000 calories a dvy. The Germans gave the inmates of Belsen only 800 calories. ' ' Lord Montgomery said he believed it would take ten years to bring about a chauge of heart in Germany, '"and we have got to stay there until it is dime." he added. "If we don't it will he no good."'
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Chronicle (Levin), 11 March 1946, Page 5
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