Athens, Mar, 9, Greece would not sign an armistice with Italy, a Government spokesman said here yesterday. The announcement followed an open letter to Chancellor Adolf Hitler, which appeared in a newspaper here and explained why Greece sought help from Britain, "Any idea of an armistice with Italy will find Greece disdainfully hostile," the spokesman said. "Greece will never be interested in discussing peace with Italy and always will be determined to fight to the en The open letter to Chancellor Hitler appeared in the morning newspaper "Kathimerini" and was signed by Greece's most influential editor, M, George Vlahos, It asked why Germany wanted fo attack Greece, "When Greece realized that Premier Benito Mussolini's signature was valueless," the letter revealed concerning events prior to the Italian-Greek war. "she did not appeal to England, she appealed to you x But Italy Attacked" don't know what your answer was, but I do know from General John Metaxas' (the late Premier) own lips that Germany said we must not mobilize but must remain calm and give no pretext to the Italians. This we did: but Italy attacked.
"To whom did we then apply for help? To you—you were in Florence on the same day, We did not have the necessary forces to remain alone and therefore we turned to England who rushed to help us, although she had her own troubles, "Since then we all along have defeated Italy....not a single British soldier set foot in Albania, You told us Germany would be a spectator and would only intervene if the British army disembarked at Salonika.
"In the meantime, you already are gathering troops in Rumania and the road to Sofia is being prepared, probably for a march in.
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