Outmaneeuvred in Iraq, we must expect to see a great increase in Axis activity in neighbouring Iran.
Meanwhile, Washington is continuing its talks with General Weygand with a view to an agreement which should guarantee a steady flow of essential supplies to North Africa in the lingering hope thereby that German penetration could be checked.
These talks are believed to have been proceeding satisfactorily. But it must remain to be seen whether the most recently reported shipment of arms in large quantities from Vichy France to recapture to Free French territories of West and Equatorial Africa.
A report has been current of late that Admiral Darlan has agreed to an understanding with Germany which would give Hitler possession of considerable colonial areas in Africa, including the Camerogns—Reuter.
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