GIRAUD TO VISIT WASHINGTON

Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23971, 11 June 1943, Page 5

GIRAUD TO VISIT WASHINGTON

NEW YORK. June fl.'| General Giraud has accepted the in-; vitation of the United States Government to visit Washington, says the Washington correspondent of the "New York Times.” It is understood that General Giraud will confer with Mr Roosevelt and other officials, but it is emphasised that his visit does not arise from policy problems. OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT OF FRANCE (Roc. 9.40 p.m.) LONDON. June 10. Uruguay has recognised the Frenclv

Committee of National Liberation in Algiers as the official Government of France. Thousandth German Aeroplane.— Group Captain A. G. Malan invited 1000 guests to a dance at Grosvenor House to-night, to celebrate the success of the Biggin Hill Royal Air Force station in shooting down ■ its thousandth German aeroplane. The guests, who are members of the Royal Air Force and their womenfolk, ranged from junior pilot officers to two air chief marshals—Sir Arthur Harris, chief of the Bomber Command, and Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory. chief of (he Fighter Command. The “Daily Express” says; “Those present also included the exuberant New Zealander, Wing Commander Alan Deere, who now leads the Royal Air Force wing at Biggin Hill, and also Squadron Leader Jack Charles and a Fighting French pilot, who tied in registering the thousandth aeroplane.”—London. June 9.