French Officers Opposed To Vichy Surrender
Received Tuesday, 7.30 p.m. LONDON, July 29. The Madrid correspondent of tho Daily Mail says more French officers and leading citizens who are believed to be opposed to the Indo-China surrender, have been arrested under orders from the Vichy Government. The disconte.it is especially great in the army. Several generals called on Alarshal Detain on. July 27 protesting against the detention of brother officers. They complained of the disappearance of Generals Grussard and Duran. A naval court tried a batch of French Communists at Toulon for spreading defeatism among the French army and people. Twelve, including one woman, were sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from five to twenty years.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 179, 30 July 1941, Page 5
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