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Today's conference in Paris among Admiral Francois Darlan, special emissary of Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, the Pro-German Laval and Hitler's personal envoy, Otto Abetz, was said to have "practically ended" the 50-day old crisis in French-German relations...
...cold, cheerless onetime health resort which is now the capital of unoccupied France, Marshal Henri Philippe Petain last week proceeded with the construction of a state designed to suit both him and Adolf Hitler. After weeks of shuffling with names, Chief of State Petain announced the personnel of his National Council, a consultative chamber with a corporative look about it. Sixty-eight of the 188 members were onetime members of Parliament-Rightists and renegade Leftists. The rest included industrialists, shipowners, churchmen, war veterans, scientists, artists, artisans, miners, seamen, one Negro...
...north ern coast, presaging an end-the-war attack on Britain, which the Marshal believes probably will succeed. Another sign was the increasing influence of Admiral Jean Darlan, who has had no love for the British since Oran. Admiral Darlan may soon be named second in command to Marshal Petain and his successor if the Marshal dies. Last week Ambassador Leahy had a talk with him about the French Fleet...
...while the Admiral went in to talk with the Conqueror. When Jean Darlan came out he was neither particularly elated nor particularly depressed. The chauffeur knew only what was common talk: the Admiral had presented (in writing, not verbally, as Pierre Laval had negotiated) a new plan of Marshal Petain for "limited cooperation,'' whatever that might...
This seal makes it seem that Gedaliah's appointment had the support of the prophet Jeremiah. Dr. Spiegel suggested that Jeremiah may even have played Laval to Gedaliah's Petain...