LEBANON AFFAIRS
CATROUXJN BEIRUT TRAFFIC AT STANDSTILL
Recd. 10.50 p.m. London, Nov. 16. General Catroux has arrived in Beirut and has already conferred with French and British authorities, says Reuter’s Haifa correspondent. Reports from Beirut state that there were no further clashes in the capital on Sunday and yesterday. The capital shows no signs of life. All shops and offices are closed. Communications with the outside are suspended and strong military patrols with tanks are patrolling the streets. The Exchange Telegraph’s correspondent at Ankara says that, according to travellers from Syria and Lebanon, serious rioting with firing was still going on on Sunday in Beirut and Tripoli. AH shops at Aleppo were closed and traffic was at a standstill. M. Helleu at a Press conference at Beirut said the decision to arrest the Lebanese President and Cabinet was *i • by the French Committee in Algiers. He warned General de Gaulle there might be trouble but General de Gualle instructed him to go ahead and make the arrests.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 272, 17 November 1943, Page 3
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