IN EXCELLENT HEALTH
CONFINED IN FORT (Kec. 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, April 27. Marshal Petain's first request after entering his room at Fort Montrouge was for a picture oil General* de respondent. Policemen guarding him gaped with surprise, but obtained a photograph.
Madame Petain chose to remain with her husband. They were placed in a small room with two beds, chairs, and a desk. The room overlooks a courtyard where persons found guilty by the purge courts are .executed. There are 15 armed guards in the corridor, outside the room, and on the stairway from the ground fiuor. The fort's grounds are heavily patrolled and the gates are guarded. Marshal Petain appears to be in excellent health. His manner was almost jocular. The former Vichy officials, General Jean Deoeney and Admiral Leon Plehaulet. accompanied . him. Ttvo nurses attended him. though he insisted that he did not need them.
High Court officials read to Marshal Petain the charges against him when he crossed the Swiss frontier.
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Evening Star, Issue 25470, 28 April 1945, Page 8
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