INDEPENDENT STATE
LEBANON PROCLAMATION RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED (Rec. 11 p.m.) BEIRUT, Nov. 26. General Catroux, at a ceremony at the palace, proclaimed Lebanon an independent sovereign State subject to restrictions imposed by the present state of war. The proclamation stipulated Lebanon's right to create national defence forces, but for the duration of the war the Allies control Lebanon's defence and Lebanon will place its defence forces at the disposal of the Allied command.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24776, 28 November 1941, Page 5
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72INDEPENDENT STATE Otago Daily Times, Issue 24776, 28 November 1941, Page 5
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