The Archive · 1939

Brief Stop in Paris

Paris, Jan. 11.

The station was decorated with flags and red carpets when Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the British Prime Minister, and Viscount Halifax, the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, arrived here shortly before 6 o'clock yesterday evening.

M, Daladier, the Premier, M. Bonnet, the Foreign Minister, Sir Eric Phipps, the British Ambassador to France, and members of the British Embassy welcomed the visitors, who arrived at the Gare de Nord in the Golden Arrow express.

A large crowd stood outside the station and cheered and waved as the British' statement, followed by the French Ministers, drove to the Quai d'Orsay.

Political talks started immediately after tea, which was served in the salon De la Rotonde adjoining M. Bonnet's office at the Quai d'Orsay.

Besides Mr. Chamberlain and Lord Halifax, there were also present Sir Alexander Cadogan and Mr. Maurice Ingram, of the British Foreign Office, and Sir Eric Phipps.

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