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Italian General
Urges Italy to
Break From Axis
NEW YORK, Monday.
The Washington correspondent of
the United Press stated that General
Bergonzoli and other high ranking
Italian officers, who were recently
taken to the United States as prison-
ers of war, were reported to be co-operating
with the United States Government
in a dramatic campaign
which was designed to wean Italy
from Germany.
The correspondent added that Mayor
La Guardia, of New York, who speaks
Italian fluently, has been playing an
important role in the propaganda cam-
paign.
ITALIAN GENERAL
DEPRESSED
NEW YORK, Monday.
The Mayor (Mr. La Guardia), in a
broadcast to Italy, disclosed that he had
had a talk with General Borgon-
zoli and eight other high ranking Italian
militarists who represented a
group of frustrated, hopeless men.
The American Associated Press recalls
that the Italian newspaper,
"Popola D'Italia," recently reported
that General Bergonzoli was taken to
Washington as a prisoner of war.
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