The decision of Equatorial Africa and the Cameroons, together with the similar action of Chad on Monday, puts General de Gaulle at the head of more than 1,000,000 square miles of territory which, with British Nigeria and the Sudan, forms a solid bulwark across Africa from the Atlantic to the Red Sea.
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Meanwhile, informed quarters here said that Franco-British negotiations are proceeding for the settlement of shipping clearances between Indo-China and Hongkong. It was recalled that a British ship turned back from Haiphong this week without explanation.—United Press.
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