INDEPENDENT STATE
LEBANON PROCLAIMED AID TO ALLIES IN WAR (Reed. Nov. 28, 9.°0 a.m.) BEIRUT, Nov. 26. General Catroux, commander of the Free French Forces in Syria, at a ceremony at the palace, proclaimed Lebanon an independent sovereign State, subject to restrictions imposed by the present state of war. The proclamation stipulated Lebanon’s right to create national defence forces, but for the duration of the war the Allies will control Lebanon’s defence and Lebanon will place its defence forces at the disposal of the Allied Command.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20625, 28 November 1941, Page 5
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