REFUSAL BY PETAIN
REFUGE FOR ITALIANS PASSAGE ACROSS TUNIS ESCAPE FROM LIBYA (Reed. Feb. 22, 9 a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 20. The British United Press Vichy correspondent, referring to the recent meetings between General Franco', Signor Mussolini and Marshal Petain, says that Marshal Petain refused an Italian request to use North Africa to enable the Italian troops to escape from Libya. Signor Mussolini is reported to have asked General Franco to permit the Italian forces in Libya to proceed to Spanish Morocco. Then Marshal Petain’s permission was sought for the passage of troops across Tunis. Marshal Petain -refused because, under international law, the “defeated” French would be obliged to disarm their “conquerors.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20487, 22 February 1941, Page 6
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111REFUSAL BY PETAIN Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20487, 22 February 1941, Page 6
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