Commander-in-Chief of French Afri can Forces. frustrated any plans that the Vichy Government may have had for actual military collaboration with Germany and Italy, and made plain that French Africa would not follow Vichy into any military venture against Britain or the United States. according to private advices received here yesterday.
Generalissimo Weygand further insisted that France refuse to give Germany big stocks of motor trucks. gasoline, plane motors, anti-aircraft batteries and munitions now in the French colonies which Germany needs for her Mediterranean campaign due to the difficulty of transportation from the Reich, the advices stated.
The French military leader pointed cut that since munitions plants in France had been dismantled, there would be no fresh stocks to replace those at present in Africa, the advices added.
It was understood that the Germans had pressed Admiral Jean Darlan, French Vice-Premier, for rapid delivery of the war materials held in Africa.
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