FRENCH LISTEN IN TO LONDON

Evening Star, Issue 24007, 4 October 1941, Page 3

FRENCH LISTEN IN TO LONDON

The following is an extract from * letter received in London from Lille;- “ We are writing from the Lille district. where without a shade of doubt all radio listeners tune in to your bulletins from London. “ About nine-tenths of the population at least still consider the British our allies, and await their victory with nnsbakeable confidence. This sweeping majority is split between, first, the passionate admirers of General de Gaulle (among whom may be numbered the entire youth of the country) ; second, those, very numerous, who cherish equally the names of de Gaulle and Petain he is so old,’ they say, ‘he is not free; he does what he can ’); lastly, the very small section who, while longing for a, German defeat and a British victory, hare allowed themselves to toe convinced l that the Free French are deserters. That was not their opinion recently, and they will certainly return to their first opinion." The foregoing letter is particularly interesting, as it shows a new Nazi propaganda attempt to divide the French. The writer is careful to point out that there are very few ready to consider the Free French as deserters.