FRANCE'S SECRET ARMY
SCOURGE TO QUISLINGS AND TRAITORS GERMANS'GIRL FRIENDS EXECUTED (Rec. 11 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 7. Speaiking over the Paris radio, Marshal Deat, the Nazi sympatluser, said that an Allied invasion was inevitable, and this, coupled with the state of terrorism in France, necessitated a 'strong- Government. "We must dismiss all in the Administration and others in leading positions who are still pro-Allied and are hampering the Government's programme. We must arm the police effectively to deal with terrorists. The courts must cease passing light sentences on the bandits. We have a strong Government. All we need is a united front to meet the Allied landing in France." French refugees report that the secret French army known as " Macquis " plans vengeance against traitors and quislings, and all who have collaborted with the Nazis.
French "girl friends" of German soldiers have been executed without mercy by special squads of " Macquis," who are stated to be highly organised and ready to help the Allied invasion. In the Haute Savoie region of southeast France '' Macquis " receive arms and supplies by parachute dropped by British airmen. Instructors, drawn mainly from the old Frencn army, train recruits in guerrilla fighting.
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Evening Star, Issue 25068, 8 January 1944, Page 5
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