with open arms

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Cliff Dyer, 32, a salesman at the factory in Swindon , said: You would have invited him into your home with open arms. He was so nice.

The attitude in Britain was all wrong. It seemed as if we had to prove we were not defrauding anybody before we could start. Abroad we were welcomed with open arms.

Why was it that even as the war was ending the Vatican was busy smuggling dozens of high - ranking Nazi mass - murderers out of Europe ? And why was it that they were received with open arms in Paraguay , Argentina and other devoutly Catholic countries? I myself asked these questions of an aged Italian cardinal. He replied: Because they were Catholics.

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