FRENCH TRIAL
FORMER MINISTER
ALLEGED TRAITOROUS ACT
THE TRUE FACTS
(British Official Wireless.)
(Received July 30, 11 a.m.) RUGBY, July 29. Reports from Vichy indicate that M. Mandel, the former French Minister of the Interior, who is now being tried at Meknes, in French Morocco, is accused of attempting to communicate with the British Minister of Information and Viscount Gort, against the interests of France. The true facts relating to the visit of the British Minister to North Africa were made known in authoritative circles in London this morning. Certain distinguished French statesmen were in North Africa after the collapse of France, and Mr. Duff Cooper, who knew them personally, accompanied by Lord Gort, flew to see them. On their arrival the local authorities communicated to them that their visit would be unwelcome to the French statesmen concerned, whereupon they immediately returned to England without having any communications with the French Ministers. "s
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 26, 30 July 1940, Page 7
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153FRENCH TRIAL Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 26, 30 July 1940, Page 7
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