The Axis negotiations with France and Spain may not, by any means, ko the whole story of the extent of the current German diplomatic manoeuvres. It is probable that secret feelers are also being put out in the East, declares Reuters Diplomatic correspondent.
'The curtains of silence enshrouding all the recent Axis moves are easily explicable in the light of the well known Nazi policy of avoiding committing itself to any course in case it fails' to achieve success Hence, precise indications of the German desiderata vis. is M. Pierre Laval, Vichy Vice-Premier and General Francisco Franco, leader of the Spanish Nationalist Government, are Whatever form the German proposal y have taken, however, they ently encountered some opposition in Vichy despite M. Pierre Laval's complaint of their attitude, It ly interesting to fore that veteran Field Marshal Petain is still able to make a stand in his honour and with obstinacy even though he is liable do te circumvented by some of the ai tute politicians around him. war woüld end within a few weeks or months—United Press.
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