FRANCE abandoned tier struggle against Germany yesterday because the French Government refused to accept a pla under which the British and. French empires would have continued to fight under a single government composed of representatives of the two nations, it can now be revealed.
The British Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill, and the former French Premier, M, Paul Reynaud, reached complete agreement on the plan over the last week-end when a trusted emissary of the French Premier conferred here with Mr. Churchill, If the French Cabinet had accepted the plan, the two governments would have announced in-a joint declaration the creation of a political unit unique the history of the world,
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