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...France's fate in his brief case. Hitler's terms were reported to include a demand that German troops be allowed to cross Tunisia from Sicily for an attack on the British in Libya. This proposition was made to the Marshal by his ousted Vice Premier Pierre Laval when the two met at La Ferté a fortnight ago. Then Marshal Pétain was adamant on adhering to the Armistice terms, but since then gasoline stocked in Tunisia has been turned over to the Italians and there have been other signs that the Marshal might weaver...
...Marshal Pétain, the Chief of State, yesterday met President Laval. They had a long conversation in the course of which the misunderstandings that had brought about the events of Dec. 13 were dispelled...
...Pierre Laval's influence is again felt in Vichy, Adolf Hitler will be much more sure of keeping France's North African Army and Mediterranean Fleet where he wants them...
...impossible. It was a France that looked toward U. S. aid to the democracies and yet believed that U. S. aid would be inadequate and too late. It was a cold, hungry, defeated and broken France, but it was above all a France in which, since the fall of Laval, some life had been stirring...
Before he took to bed with a cold, Admiral Leahy had another message to deliver. This message was a statement of policy. U. S. policy toward Vichy has changed since Laval's fall, is now one of full cooperation with France and France's colonies, so long as this cooperation does not aid Germany. Such cooperation will include further shipments of food and medical supplies, passed through the British blockade at the request of the U. S., and the improvement of trade with the colonies. U. S. policy is to help maintain France's colonial empire intact...