May 19.
While there has been much rumour concerning what arrangements have been come to between Germany and the Vichy Govern ment with regard to the latter's collaboration with Germany in her establishment of a "new order," enough has transpired in Sytia to Suggest that tales to the effect that Admiral Darian has sold out to Hitler may be true. By permitting German and Italian aeroplanes to make use of Syrian aerodromes, France has passed from what was recognized all along as a precarious neutrality to actual assistance to the enemies of her former Ally. Admiral Darlan a pronounced anglophobe appears to be following in the footsteps of Laval. Consequently a new situation has been created which may necessitate the complete revision of British policy vis-i-vis of] Vichy. In the past that has been based upon the assumption that Marshal Petain's Government would not actively further the designs of the Axis, but in addition to permitting the use of Syrian aerodromes by enemy machines, it is alleged by General Catroux that France had sent 800 tons of arms and munitions from Syria to the Iraqi rebels.
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