NAZI PLAN TO SEIZE FRENCH AERODROMES

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 109, 10 May 1941, Page 2 (Supplement)

NAZI PLAN TO SEIZE FRENCH AERODROMES

DARLAWS SUPPORT

! Syria Reported To Be "At Germany's Dispo^r fnio-'l Prrr« .*•«'-"■• - -r, fTriflt Roc. " pm. t ovrniv. Mays. j Despite protci .f, . ,:■-, , ,r n r. ra ] -fl-^. |gand. Admiral p.v ..<• French vicej Premier, ha-- a--'.-: _•.«! German i-expert.-" to land m French North I Africa, says the -Da: ; v ToleeraphV l I diplomat i. ro; r< -p - ■ <• \ The G<>rm.ir.s recently :,vy- ■ d fe r v i.=*s f OT •-x perls to be at'n.hcd •■, various | The cxpr-'"'- prove'' te ).r carman 'airmen in < ivdicm • '•.:■. r.r.n when j General Wevgar.d h<\-,rd ~f iht?ir imminent arri\a: '• protested to ! Vdmiral I>aria'\ .-t.r re 'hat unless Ihe received order- to the contrary he j would not al'ov. ;''-.• p •.;-•-.- tr, f^d Tho first b.-.-'-h \\h turned back. ! Then Admiral Dr.;-'.■>n • »n: pcrempjiorv in-truc'i'>n.-io ;, ..• 'heir entry I Mo-t of the l'oo ):.-.. • p. iv nrnved. " | It is a--umrd ha' 'he uliimatc -.purpose is to - '■:/.<■ I ■ <> n< h aerodromes. j The French p. mi. f ha\ ■ t ounded up II S0(1 refugees main;;. .lew.-, Czechs (Poles and Vtipc-Ln . <•■'- .-.--ignraem to a labou'- ba'taPon •■•- Africa. I Many had already received permits ■to leave France ;md had booked berths for America. I The Rcrlin correspond«nt of a (Swiss new-paper, the -Baler XachIrichten. ' says \\ ilhehr.f tras.ie circle* '.hint tha-t the Vichy Government hac agreed to the passage of German f-oops through French provinces and mandated territories, including Syria | a.- the price of German concessions to Vichy. Syria is reported to have been "placed a' Gei ir.-.my'- disposal." Jt is believed that the Vichv Government has also agreed to take active 1 steps against supporters of General ]de Gaulle, resulting in approval of . the passage of Germans through all 1 Free French colonies. i _