Informed circles here anticipated an early announcement, however, concerning Admiral Darlan's partially successful effort to obtain liberal tion of certain categories of war prisoners, Some reports said that 90.000 miners, technicians and family bread Winners would be liberated but other, and more optimistic reports, placed the figure og high as 500,000 men.
'Observers here also expected that there will be an early confirmation of definite reduction of German Army occupation costs, The reduction ws expected to be at least one-four' and possibly one halt of the tremend~ ous amount France now pays.
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