London, Sept. 14.
The atmosphere at General de Gaulle's headquarters here, is one of confidence that there may shortly be more good news from the French Colonial Empire.
In Syria and French Somaliland, the Italian armistice terms have been received and Vichy appointed officials are growing in number. Much depends on the fate of the Vichy Government itself under continued German pressure. The men of Vichy are reported at last to be showing a small measure of resistance and if this leads the Germans to make an end of the Vichy Government altogether, replacing it with one of their own, the Gauleiter French col-anies who now acknowledge Marshal Petain, might be obliged to come over to General de Gaulle unless they were prepared to hand over everything to the Germans, which would probably lead to an uprising of the natives who know what their fate would be under Fascism.
The task of the British armies in Africa and the Middle East would be greatly facilitated if the French col-anies were to re-enter the war under the leadership of General de Gaulle—Reuter,
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