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PETAIN GOVERNMENT. TRYING TO PLEASE NAZIS. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (British Official Wireless.) Received August 13, 9.45 a.in. RUGBY, Aug. 12. Commentiug- oil the French trials, which open at Rioni today, the Manchester Guardian says: “The Retain Government has put itself into a false position. It is impossible for a nation to reorgauise itself and reform its institutions under the shadow of foreign occupation.
“A nation at the mercy of a conqueror may try to organise itself underground for the purpose of ultimate resistance. The Petain Government appears to he attempting to reorganise France for just the opposite purpose, that of flattering and pleasing the conquerors. “The only hope for France is to endure until Hitler is beaten and she is free again. Unfortunately, everything the Petain Government does postpones the day of deliverance.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 218, 13 August 1940, Page 7
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