Word: flandin
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Perhaps to divert attention from General von Stulpnagel's Putsch-&-Jewry show, the Paris weekly L'Appel "exposed" plans for a fantastic "worldwide revolt," predicted Ford and Du Pont millions would back appeasement-loving, ex-Premier Pierre Etienne Flandin and several French industrialists and bankers in rigging an early peace. This was to be done by establishing a league of major nations in Europe and Africa to be called Paneurafrica, five leagues of minor nations...
...four weeks Pierre Etienne Flandin was Foreign Minister-then Petain appointed a new Foreign Minister and Vice Premier acceptable to the Nazis...
...earlier the Marshal had called Admiral Darlan. General Huntziger and Foreign Minister Pierre Etienne Flandin together for a meeting of his Ministerial Council. Flandin opposed and Darlan got into an argument over the extent of collaboration that should be offered to Germany. The Marshal held to his stand that collaboration should be offered, but that it must be within the terms of the Armistice. On Laval's demands he was obdurate. Laval might return to a "Ministry of State as a member of a committee"-nothing more. Admiral Darlan went back to Paris with this offer in his pocket...
Next Move? The old Marshal still held the fortress. He had forced Adolf Hitler to accept his own man as working chief of the Government, had retained supreme authority for himself. The French Fleet and Empire remained French. Foreign Minister Flandin resigned and Admiral Darlan became France's new strong man: Vice Premier, Foreign Minister, Navy Minister and Pétain's successor-designate. For the moment tension was eased. How long it would be before Adolf Hitler began pressing new demands, no one knew...
...week's end he sent word by Emissary De Brinon to Ambassador Abetz firmly refusing to make any further changes in his Cabinet. The Cabinet met in Foreign Minister Flandin's sickroom in Vichy to figure out the next move but one. The next move was Adolf Hitler...