GERMAN PREPARATIONS.
WHAT NORWEGIANS KNEW
LONDON, April 28. The military writer of the Times says it is frankly recognised that the Allies are under the necessity of recasting their plans in Norway, and the prospect of the immediate capture of Trondheim has disappeared. At Stockholm the President of the Norwegian Parliament (Dr. C. JHambro), in an interview, said: ‘‘Ho have irrefutable proof that the Germans prepared plans for the invasion months ago. Me would be in a better position to-day if Britain had had embarkation parties ready and if the Allied Intelligence Service men who were aware of the German preparations had warned us previously. Our Legation in Berlin had proof of tile sailing of the German parties a week before the invasion. “Members of the Legation knew for some weeks that German troops were embarking at various German ports, but they did not believe the troops were intended for Norway. The fact that the Allies did not. inform Norway of the Germans’ intentions shows they regarded Norway as absolutely neutral and not prepared to be an ally."’
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 128, 30 April 1940, Page 8
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