SWITZERLAND ALERT
BIG FORCE GUARDING FRONTIERS. POSSIBILITY OF INVASION IN ALL MINDS. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright LONDON. May 27. The Zurich correspondent of the “Daily Telegraph” says that the possibility of an invasion of Switzerland is in everyone's mind, but there is no panic. Switzerland already was the most efficiently fortified small country in the world.
At least 800.000 men are guarding her frontiers, and in the interior drastic measures have been taken to prevent sabotage. Every point open to attack is heavily guarded. Signposts have been removed from the roads, and the Government has broadcast instructions on how to deal with parachutists.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 May 1940, Page 6
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