TALKS WITH FRENCH ARMY LEADERS

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25275, 29 August 1947, Page 7

TALKS WITH FRENCH ARMY LEADERS

VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY VISITS PARIS

LONDON, August 27. Field-Marshal Lord Montgomery, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, flew to Paris to-day for talks with French Army leaders on a number of topics, including the synchronisation of methods of military instruction between the British and French armies, the possibility of an exchange of officers for instructional purposes, and also the possibility of future military collaboration in Africa. The Paris correspondent of Reuters says that thousands of enthusiastic Parisians in the Champs Elysees cheered and waved flags as Lord Montgomery placed a wreath on the Unknown Soldier’s tomb at the Arc de Triomphe. Lora Montgomery, wearing battledress and black beret, walked round the Place d’Etoile greeting the people packed on the pavements. They shouted: “Vive Montgomery,” and “Vive I’Armee Britannique ” The visit had no political significance, said a British Embassy spokesman. It was a return visit after the recent visit to London of the French Minister of War (Mr Paul Floret).