The Archive · 1940

French Cabinet Reorganized By Marshal Petain

Only Nine Members of New Council of Ministers Weygand's Important Task in French-Empire

Vichy, Sept. 7. MSS Philippe Petain reorganized the French Government yesterday evening, after members of his first Cabinet handed in their resignations at a 5 p.m. conference.

The new Cabinet was completed.at a session that began at 6.30 p.m.

France's new Council of Ministers, or Inner Cabinet, henceforth "will comprise Marshal Petain and only eight Ministers. These then headed the French Armistice delegation.

The new Education and Youth Minister, M. Ripert, was formerly Dean of the Paris Faculty of Law, while the Communications Secretary of

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