Vichy, May 20.
As Franco-German technical negotiations were resumed in Paris this morning regarding the reduction of occupation costs and the return of northern provinces, the Government's propaganda office reaffirmed the French Government's intention of starting shortly a campaign to re. conquer colonies which had fallen into the hands of the Free French forces.
The official communique, however, emphasized that Germany and Italy would have no share in this campaign.
t noon today it was reported here that considerable progress had been made in the Paris negotiations between the Vice-Premier, Admiral Francois Darlan, and the German Ambassador-at-Large, Herr Otto Abetz.
The Propaganda Service's official communique announcing the proposed campaign against French col-anies held by Degaullists specifically ied Tchad, Gabon, French Congo and the Cameroons as "provinces of the French Empire over which French sovereignty must be integral-restored, The new relaxed German regula-ti for traffic of merchandise and Passage of money, stocks and bonds across the inter-zone line became effective today.
But there still strict survillance of passengers. German frontier guards yesterday forced half the passengers travelling from Paris to Vichy by express train to submit to close searches at the frontier.—United Press.
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