The Archive · 1940

Norway Withdrawal Wise

Sir John Simon then permitted himself two comments in anticipation of next week's Parliamentary debate on the Norwegian operations, In the first place, speaking with the complete information which only a member of the War Cabinet possesses, he was confident that when the full position was disclassd, the impartial] judgment of the public would be that the action was wisely taken on the best advice.

The second comment was that if anybody was disposed to fasten criticism upon one or another Minister, or to draw distinctions between them, he would be woefully disappointed, for it would be made plain that there was no room for such distinctions.—

Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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