The Archive · 1941

French Ambassador's

Mission Extended Henri-Have Trying to Get Food from

Vichy, Feb. 23.

The mission of M. Gaston Henry-

Have as French Ambassador to Washington has been confirmed for a new period of six months, metro-active from December 31, 1940, according to a decree published yesterday in the "Journal Officiel."

There is a law forbidding Parliament to accept a mission for a period of more than six months, which necessitates periodic renewal of a mission.

The decree, signed by Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, Premier, indicated that the Marshal fed with M. Henri-Have's results in Washington, where the Ambassador is concentrating on efforts to get food shipments for French chiliren—United Press

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