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Even the most skeptical military man had to concede that the Allied fifth column in France was more than an emotional exaggeration. The French Forces of the Interior, under the hard-bitten Foreign Legionnaire, General Joseph Pierre Koenig, were now a definite part of the Allied armies...
...Militaire, a non-political organization, and the strongest in the Cherbourg area. Now by decree of the Algiers Government, combat elements of these groups are merged into the Forces Françaises de VIntérieure, a unit of the French Army under command of General Joseph Pierre Koenig (see WORLD BATTLE-FRONTS). According to resistance chiefs in Cherbourg, the movement is genuinely nonpolitical, and it seems likely that the leaders will seek military rather than political posts...
Able, ruthless "Colonel Passy," boss of the Gaullist secret service and the Gaullist liaison with the Underground (TIME, May 29), took a new job: Chief of Staff under General Joseph Koenig, Commander of the French Forces of the Interior. "Passy" dropped his alias. "I have nothing to hide," he said. "My real name is Andre de Wavrin...
...whom to deal with and not to deal with during and immediately after the invasion-that was still, said Washington, strictly General Dwight D. Eisenhower's business. Last week that overburdened officer had to turn from pre-invasion military chores, confer on French politics with General Joseph Pierre Koenig, doughty hero of Bir Hacheim and the De Gaulle Government's military envoy in London. At week's end a hitch occurred. The Committee protested against Britain's diplomatic-code ban, maintained that under pre-invasion restrictions of communications' and travel the conversations "cannot be usefully...
Speaking of Wagner, Columbia has signed Melchior up, and just released his first recorded attempt at "Otello." The album comprises the monologue and death scene, along with Rienzi's prayer, and the song from the second act of "Tristan" beginning "O Koenig." These records show that he is the only tenor in circulation who could do this tremendous role anything like full justice. His Italian isn't all it might be, and his style is a little heavy in spots, but the necessary power and brilliance are there. The best of this new album of his is, of course...