The Archive · 1940

Holds First Meeting

French War Cabinet — General Gamelin Attends

Conference Paris, Mar. 23.

The Reynaud War Cabinet (held its first meeting today with General Marie Gustave Gamelin, Commander-in-Chief of the Abed Armies, attending. The conference was held at the Foreign Ministry, lasted from 10 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and was attended by the Premier, M. Paul Reynaud, who is concurrently Foreign Minister; the Vice-Premier, M. Camille'Chautemps; the War Minister, M. Edouard Daladier, premier in the last Cabinet; the Navy Minister, M. Cesar Campinchi; the Air Minister, M. Laurent Eynac; the Armaments Minister, M. Raoul Dautry; the Finance Minister, M. Lucien' Lamoureux; the Blockade Minister, M. Georges Monnet and the Colonies Minister, M. Georges Mandel.

Just before the War Cabinet meeting, War Minister, M. dier, held a lengthy meeting with General Gamelin. M. Reynaud later received the British Ambassador, Sir Ronald Camptell.—Havas.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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