First Preparations
Excerpt from Radio Address by H.M. Queen Wilhelmina on July 30, 1941
Upon return to our country the present Cabinet intends to tender its resignation so as to enable me to appoint new Ministers of the Crown.
In addition to a strong, purposeful conduct of the State, the main task of this newly created Netherlands Government will be to effect an energetic and efficient general reconstruction pertaining to all spheres of political and social life.
The government will also have to undertake, without delay, a revision of the Constitution, with a view to bringing about changes in the Netherlands proper as well as in the relations between the constituent parts of the Kingdom as a whole.
A committee consisting of representatives from all parts of the Kingdom will be convoked in order to partake in the preparation of this reconstruction of the Realm.