NEARING CRISIS
FRANCO-GERMAN RELATIONS. BERLIN’S DEMAND FOR BASES. CHANGES IN CABINET WANTED. (United Press Association—Copyright.) (Roc. 11.40 a.m.) LONDON, Aug. 4. Fra neo-German relations are again approaching a crisis as a result of German demands for bases at Dakar, Casablanca and Algiers. An unconfirmed report says that the Vichy Government ■ rejected the German ultimatum. The Germans are also understood to have demanded a reshuffle involving the Ministries of war and the Interior. A neutral correspondent at Berlin says that the resistance offered hy Vichy in Syria is not regarded in Berlin as sufficient proof of France’s will to co-operate with Germany, who wants a Government in which she can place “unlimited trust.” Informed circles in London consider that the pro-Nazi elements in the Vichy Government may be restrained by fear of public outbursts. Vichy insisted on the right/to protect French North and West African naval vases against the imperialistic designs of foreign Powers.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 251, 5 August 1941, Page 6
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