ALLIED INVASION
EXPECTED IN FRANCE (Rec. 1.20 p.m.) London, Jan. 7. Speaking over the Paris radio Marcel Deat, the Nazi sympathiser, said that an Allied invasion was inevitable and this, coupled with the state of terrorism in France, necessitated strong government. “We must dismiss all in the administration and others in leading positions who are still pro-Allied and are hampering the government’s programme. We must arm the police effectively to deal with terrorists. Courts must cease passing light sentences on bandits. We have a strong government. All we need is a united front to meet the Allied landing in France.” he said. SECRET FRENCH ARMY French refugees report that a secret French Army, knofVn as Macquis, plans vengeance against traitors, quislings and all who have collaborated with the Nazis. French “girl friends” of German soldiers have been executed without mercy by special squads of Macquis who are stated to he highly organised and ready to help the Allied invasion. In the Haute Savoie region in southeast France, Macquis receives arms and supplies by parachutes dropped by British airmen. Instructors, drawn mainly from the old French Army, train recruits in guerrilla fighting.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 8 January 1944, Page 2
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