M. LAVAL RELEASED.
REQUEST OF NAZI AMBASSADOR.
GERMANY INQUIRY OF FRANCE.
(Received This Day, 10.35 a.m.)
LONDON, December 17
A message from Vichy states that at the request of Herr Abetz (German Ambassador at Paris) the Government revoked the -order for M. Laval’s confinement. .
After his release, M. Laval immediately returned to Vichy and had luncheon with Marsha] Petain and Herr Abetz..
Earlier, Marshal Petain had received Herr Abetz, who, with a military escort, travelled along a flag-lined route from his hotel. A small, silent crowd watched his progress. The Vichy correspondent of the Associated Press of Great Britain says that Herr Abetz expressed a desire to see both M. Laval and M. Flandin; but M. Flandin is confined to his bed with influenza, having a high temperature.
The Berlin correspondent of the Associated Press reports that the authorities declared that Germany is still making an effort to fathom the motives for the dismissal of M. Laval, and is asking whether France intends to continue her advance in European policy which recognises the principles of German victory.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 58, 18 December 1940, Page 5
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