"Mr. Hull charged Vichy with permitting Germany to extend the theatre of war into French mandated territory and allowing the shipment from Syria of French made military supplies to be used by the Germans against France's former ally."
Yet when the British entered Syria, Vichy "considered it necessary to contest bitterly this British effort to prevent Syria from being used as a German base. These facts unmistakeable demonstrate that the German military effort, which is being made to use France, and German initiative in Syria is resulting in a conflict of not only France against Britain, but Frenchmen against Frenchmen".
Mr. Hull said—"The armistice signified a temporary cessation of hostilities, and did not contemplate that a successful belligerent shall make inhuman demands on a conquered nation or the latter shall be bludgeoned into becoming the allies of their enemy."—Reuter.
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