MIN, Laval also was said to be seck= ing power over the Ministry of the Inferior, headed by M. Marcel Peyte Secret Police, and the y of Finance.
Atter his resignation, the ousted vice-Premier's office was searched the Hotel clu Pare, headquarters of the Government, was surrounded by a fore of new super-police-~ garde de protection"—reerulled from young demobilized. soldiers ed by exeleaders of the "Cagoulard, In addition, there were rows of plain clothes secret police of the Sareté Nationale and. behind them rows of Republican Guards—in all the more than 1,000 police, Chauffeur Arrested pin, Friday MIN, Laval's chauffeur was arrested as he stopped beside the ousted Vice-Premier's to mobile, Eight plain clothes police, led by MI. Pierre" Mondanel, Chief of the Criminal Police, entered the hotel and sprinted to M.'Laval's office on the second floor.
Ripping, open the door, they entered and notified M. Laval that he was Doing taken to n "fixed" residence—this own castle al Chateldon, 20 mites south of Vichy.
'M, Laval then was locked in, the coatie with iis wife and aught Rose, who is the wife of Count Ret Ge Chambrun, French diplomat, and for three days armed police malt tained lines around the castle,
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