London, Aug. 23.
Great Britain will immediately go to the assistance of Greece if it attacked and resists, authorized quaters said today.
"Britain stands by her guarantee to Greece up to the hilt," they said.
If Greece is made the victim of an unprovoked attack and resists, Britain will come to its assistance with all available armed forces, they added.
The authorized quarters denied that the British forces had occupied Crete or Corfu.
Up to noon, the Foreign Office had received no' confirmation of the rumoured Italian ultimatum to Greece demanding a renunciation of the British guarantee of a: lance.
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