VICHY’S SUBMISSION
HITLER’S TERMS ACCEPTED f (Rec. 1.30 a.m.) LONDON, May 14. The Vichy News Agency states that Hitler’s terms to Vichy in respect of the recent concessions have been unanimously approved by the Vichy Cabinet, over which Marshal Retain presided. The approval followed a statement regarding the visit of Admiral Darlan and Herr Abetz to Hitler. The United States Ambassador to Vichy, Admiral Leahy, yesterday warned Marshal Retain against supplying military aid to Germany. Earlier it was stated that diplomatic circles in Vichy believed that Admiral Darlan secured from Herr Hitler an arrangement replacing the armistice, which W’ould liberate Paris and give the Vichy Government four-fifths of France, but retain for Germany the coal and iron mines, all ports on the north and west coasts, and all river mouths.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24607, 15 May 1941, Page 7
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