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Allies to Abolish All Racial Legislation in Sicily, London Hears

July 19, 1943
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All Italian legislation discriminating against persons because of race, creed or color will be annulled in the sections of Sicily held by the Allied forces, the press here reports today on the basis of dispatches from Allied headquarters in North Africa.

Abolition of racial laws will be one of the first steps taken by Gen. Sir Harold R. L. G. Alexander, who has been named military governor of Sicily, according to these dispatches, which also state that freedom of religious worship for all people will be upheld and the position of all religious institutions will be respected.

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