The Archive · 1939

A Hand in Matter

Paris, July 9.

The French committee for the furthering of the scheme for a Channel tunnel decided unanimously on three points in connection with the proposed tunnel.

They wer 1. Committees to provide information regarding the channel to be set up in those countries, such as Switzetland, Luxembourg and Belgium, Which have shown an interest in the. tunnel. This decision was taken because it is held that the tunnel would be a matter not of exclusive Franco-

British interest but of world importance, since it would link up British railways with those of other countries.

2. That M. Gueritte, ex-president of the French Chamber of Commerce in London, who was present at the meeting should form a group in London to co-ordinate information, and 3. That all information be collected to impress the British military authorities with the advantages of the tunnel from the' strategic and commissariat points of view—Reuter,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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