French Regime Berated By De Gaulle For Neglecting Defence
PARIS, Feb. 27,
I General de Gaulle's Rally of the ; French People accused the Government !of neglecting the national defences and iulling the nation into the belief that it could be protected from invasion by the Atlantic Pact without a military effort on its own part. The statement issued by the rally s executive committee added that the present regime in France was incapable of galvanising the fighting spirit of the French nation or of the placing on an efficient footing modern fighting machines In France so that it would be able to play its part In the collective defence of Europe.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22883, 1 March 1949, Page 5
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