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Cabinet," but one which would explore Chancellor Hitler's most favourable peace terms while continuing to fight, M. Paul Reynaud handed his resignation to President Albert Lebrun at 11 p.m. yesterday following a conference with the Eritish Prime Minister, Mr, Winston Churchill, Eariier the French Council of Ministers had met twice to consider whether France should ask Germany for peace terms, The Petain Government was immediately constituted and rumours began circulating here that hostilities already had ceased, It soon became evident, however, that the French were unable to afford a cessation of fighting on a unilateral basi
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