Paris, Dec. 10.
The French and British communiques issued tonight said: "After completing the first of his tour of the forces in France, King George, accompanied by General Viscount Gort, British Commander-in-Chief, spent two days in the zone of the French Army. On the second day, General Gamelin conducted the King around a sector of the Maginot Line where French troops presented arms. The King examined the fortifications and inspected units of the Royal Air Force and British troops now in contact with the enemy in that sector.
"The King decorated General Gamelin with the Great Cross of the Order of Bath and General Georges with the Great Cross of the Order of the British Empire. The King also presented British decorations to a French officer, two French soldiers and a French airman for gallantry in the field. Sunday morning, the King returned to England," the com-uniques concluded—Haves, This represents an estimated increase of $3,758,530.61 in the budgetted deficit for the year which is made up as follows:—
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