PRESS APPROVAL
OF WEYGAND AND PET A IN. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). PARIS, May 20. The French Press whole-heartedly approves of General Weygand’s premotion and Marshal Petain’s return t> power in the Cabinet. The Press recalls General Focli, who ’ remarked, on his death-bed: “Weygand, you’re not only a great general, but a great leader—a horn leader.” The paper “L’Ordre” sums up with the comment: “The political conditions for victory are fulfilled.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 May 1940, Page 5
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