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...evening the aged voice of Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain crackled for two brief minutes out of the little radio cabinets in French parlors and shops: Frenchmen: You have learned that Admiral Dorian recently conferred with Chancellor Hitler. I had approved this meeting in principle. The new interview Permits us to light up the road into the future and to continue the conversations that had been begun with the German Government. It is no longer a question today of public opinion, often uneasy and badly informed, being able to estimate the chances we are taking or measure the risks...
Last week the U.S. Ambassador to France, Admiral Leahy, called on Marshal Pétain and reminded him of his frequent oral assurance that Vichy would never add to her commitments to Germany under the Armistice. The Marshal had nothing to say about that, but he repeated his belief, often privately expressed, that Germany would...
...while, was on Hitler's side, and last week he hurried time. Not only in the Near East (see p. 28) and in North Africa (see p. 37) did he press his advantage, but he put such pressure on the Government of old Marshal Pétain that France expected to hear any day that it was committed to all-out collaboration. Spain took a cautious step and assumed control of customs at once international Tangier, across the Strait from Gibraltar. Portugal was in terror of invasion, expected a grab at the Azores and Cape Verde Islands...
...nearly 30,000 regular officers in the pro fessional establishments include: Rear Admiral Felix Xerxes Gygax, Major Cyril Walter Martyr, Captain Andrew Hero 3rd, Ensign Strong Boozer, Lieut. Lee S. Pancake, Lieut. Jud F. Yoho, Lieut. Clarence Clapsaddle, Colonel Rollo Ditto, Cap tain Donald N. Wackwitz, Lieut. Theodore Clink-scales...
Last week Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain. France's earnest Catholic Chief of State, drafted a decree which he hopes will keep French home fires banked if not burning...