FRENCH GIFT
£2500 FROM DOMINION SENT TO GENERAL DE GAULLE ATTITUDE OF CONSUL (By TelegrapH.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Monday The Consul-General for France in New Zealand, M. Andre Pouquet, confirmed today that £2500 collected in New Zealand for the use of the French Red Cross had been transferred for the use of the Red Cross with General de Gaulle’s free French Army. Asked if this indicated that he had given his support to General de Gaull/, M. Pouquet declined to state his position. He said he had an understanding with the New Zealand Government and it had been decided it would be better not to make any announcement which might cause him embarrassment. M. Pouquet said he did not consider the question one of great public importance.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21202, 27 August 1940, Page 7
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