FRENCH MOROCCO
BRITISH SUBJECTS ORDERED AWAY FROM COAST London, March 17 It is reported that Vichy has ordered all* British subjects in the French zone of Morocco, including women and children, to leave tin coastal districts. It is thought th al this is a reprisal for the bombing o French factories by the R.A.F. It is understood that the British Government has this development under consideration. Tangier, March 17 The authorities in French Morocco have ordered the immediate internment of all British subjects living ir coastal towns. The step has invoivec about 2000 Britons and is stated tc have been taken as a reprisal for th< bombing of occupied France.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 66, 19 March 1942, Page 5
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