Word: baudouine
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...inspection of mail and passengers by the British, two customs officers took Captain Brousse to his cabin. They asked for his papers and were shown his diplomatic passport. They then asked if he was carrying any letters. He showed them two sealed paquets de courrier from Foreign Minister Paul Baudouin to Ambassador Henry-Haye. To the Captain's astonishment the British demanded them...
...Japanese in their comments. Admiral Decoux called the agreement "one of the greatest marks of confidence one country can give another." General Maurice Martin, Commander of the Indo-China Army, called it "the first manifestation of a durable friendship between France and Japan." In Vichy, Foreign Minister Paul Baudouin called it "a gentleman's agreement." Five and one half hours later the friendly gentlemen of Japan went to work killing the confident gentlemen of France...
...week's end French resistance fizzled out, on orders from Vichy. In that town of pathetic, hollow words Foreign Minister Baudouin reported to Premier Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain that all fighting had ceased. "Hence," continued the Foreign Minister, who once made a fortune out of Indo-China, "the French-Japanese accord now goes into effect in the friendly, trustful spirit which prevailed at its establishment...
Three Belgian refugee children were returned from Portugal to their father in Brussels: Princess Josephine Charlotte, 12, Crown Prince Baudouin, 9, Prince Albert, 6, offspring of King Leopold...
After Sedan, Premier Reynaud was desperate. He called in Weygand, who said the battle was lost. Baudouin persuaded him to call in Pétain, who was mortally afraid of Communism if the war dragged on with France losing. Baudouin switched his allegiance from Reynaud to Petain, whose closest adviser was Pierre Laval. These men made peace and took over France with the tacit consent of Hitler-moved by what ultimate motives only history can judge...