VICHY REJECTION
GERMAN DEMANDS USE OF FRENCH BASES RESHUFFLE OF CABINET (El pc. Tol. Copyrinlit—United Press Assn.) (Reed Aug. 5, 2.10 p.m.) LONDON. Aug. 4. French and German relations are again approaching a crisis as the result of German demands for bases at Dakar, Casablanca and Algiers. An unconfirmed report says that the Vichy Government rejected a German ultimatum. The Germans are also understood to have demanded a Cabinet reshuffle involving the Vichy Ministries of War and the Interior. A neutral correspondent in Berlin says that the resistance offered by Vichy in Syria is not regarded in Berlin as sufficient proof of France's will to co-operate with Germany, who wants a Government in which she can place “unlimited trust.” Informed circles in London consider that the pro-Nazi elements in the Vichy Government may be restrained by fear of public outbursts. Vichy insisted on the right to protect French North and West African naval bases against the imperialistic designs of foreign powers.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20625, 5 August 1941, Page 6
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