Vichy. June 7.
Vichy's reply to Mr. Cordell Hull's warning' ly given in' an. authorized statement Inst night expressing sur prise that the Secretary of State should describe Vichy policy as one Gf aggression and oppression, It states that the policy 1s aimed one else and does not harm the interests of any other Power. and Inspired by a sole desire "to es-{ablish better relations in Europe, and maintain freedom of the French Empire and {{6 lines of communication against: any attack."
The French Government." the statement adds, "is anxious to pro-serve friendly relations with "the United States, which should under-Sand that the primary task fy to safeguard the vital interests of France and her ompire."—Reuter, Suner Receives German Thanks Madrid. June 7.
Sr. Ramon Serrano Suner, Spanish Foreign Minister. yesterday' read at a press conference a letter from, Grand Admiral Erich Roeder, Commander-in-Chief of the German Navy. thanking him for the -aetion of the Spanish cruiser, Canarias, which hurried to the spot where the German battleship. Bismarck, was sinking and picked up the bodies of dead Nazi seamen, The newspaper "El Alcazar" de. clared "the voyage constitutes a igh and beautiful gesture of military room of a suburban house, picture shows a scene in a 1941 dining room
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