Paris. Aug. 31 In the course of a recent interview granted American press correspondents here, Count Fernand de Brinon, the French Government's delegate to occupied France, reiterate ed the statement he made to French journalists regarding the repression of Communist activities in France.
He particularly stressed the horrible circumstances in which a member of the German armed forces was recently murdered. It was a sheer highway murder prepared under miserable conditions. he said Following this murder. he said. the German authorities had contemplated the imposition of collective sanctions such as ordering executions and taking hostages.
In the end. however, they shared the French Government's view and conviction that the crime was of Communis, inspiration and was aimed at creating incidents between the civilian population and the occupation authorities.
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