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PARIS, February 26,
"The restoration of the Cameroon 3 would give Germany a dangerous strategic position in South Africa," declares General Jean Tilho, writing in. the "Excelsior," "as it would separata the French colonies in East Africa from the British, in West Africa, which is undesirable to England and France.
"It would also put French maritime communications at the mercy- of Germany, expose Tripolitana to crippling air raids, and formidably lengthen the Berlin-Rome axis to: strike at the" Belgian Congo and 'the . Portuguese colonies." " '
General'Tilho'.:is'--a rioted French geographer and ethnographer. He has been a member of the French Academy of Science since 1932. and has led' several scientific expeditions to Africa.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 49, 27 February 1937, Page 10
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