"As for you who are serving in the Royal Air Force, our youngest fighting setviee, you, too, have an import-fant part to play' in the defence of the homeland og well as in the defeat of the enemy's forces. We have Watched. with pride and admiration your gallant exploits in those aerial Zombats in which you have already taken part and we feel confident that you will be more than equal to any demands that may be made on you.
The Prime Minister then recalled that he. was broadcasting not to Britain alone, but to the whole of the British Empire.
"Let us not forget that 1 have tonight still wider audience and that my voice will travel to all the people the Empire. I wish," he. said that 1 could express fully Cur appreciation for their support, 20 freely and so swiftly given. We
two vital pei establish These are the ed upon war to defend freedom
and the Empire's unity today gives: {Us moral as well ax material strength to attain them.
"Now I want to speak fo those among you who are listening in your homes in the towns and villages of Great Britain," the Premier con-Uinued. "Many of you are engaged fon one form or another of national service, often at great sacrifice to yourselves. Others are serving the Country no Jes usefully on the land, mines and factories, in. hospitals, in offices, in their own. homes and in a number of other ways.
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