"Centuries-Old" Friendship Noted in Gesture Lisbon, May 2.
The President, General Antonio Oscar de Fragoso Carmona, has bestowed upon King George VI the Grand Cross of the Order of Christ Aviz and Santiago, the highest Portuguese decoration, and held in Portugal only by the President.
The decree announces that the bestowal has been made in testimony to the centuries-old friendship between Portugal and Great Britain, to the feelings of the Portuguese people for- the British people, and their Sovereign, and to the strength of the ancient alliance between the two countries.—Reuter.
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