A CANCELLED SPEECH
PETAIN AS MOUTHPIECE Recd. 6 p.m. London, Nov. 15. Marshal Petain’s refusal to agree to the text of a speech which was drafted by Laval’s secretaries was the reason for the last-minute abandonment of a broadcast which was scheduled for last Saturday, says the Madrid correspondent of the British United Press, quoting reports received in French quarters of the Spanish capital. The speech was written after consultation with the Berlin envoy to Vichy, von Nida. Petain complained that the speech was not even in good French, and wanted to make alterations. Von Nida’s consent was considered necessary before alterations could be sanctioned, and since he was away in the country the broadcast was cancelled.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 272, 17 November 1943, Page 3
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