London, July 24.
All of France and French possessions in north Africa are regarded as enemy-occupied territory, the same as Norway and Belgium, authoritative quarters sid today.
Syria, they added, comes under a separate status because it is mandated territory. Other French possessions, such as Indo-China and the East and West Indies definitely were not allied but were treated, as regards trade and bank transactions, as independent mandates.
Under the new exchange rules, provisions have been made for the recognition of certain banks in those territories as authorized to deal with the London market United Press.
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