Vichy, Feb. 6.
shal Philippe Petain, Premier, yesterday offered to surrender direct Control of the Government to Ad-l Francois Darlan, Navy Minis-a compromise to M. Pierre demand for the premiership Vichy regime's leaders be hand-picked b; M. Lavals demands were made known to Marshal Pet Darlar returne: by Admiral to V
Tuesday night after visiting German-supported statesman until recently, Foreign Ministe: r Paris today for ch an agreement with M. Laval and his German supporters to solve the crisis, "Only Chief of State" r th n submit "pretentious and demand: it was understood here that Marshal Petain told the Council of Ministe: that he was prepared to relinquish direct leadership of the Government, retaining only the title of Chief of State.
Under the proposed compromise, Admiral Darlan would become Premier and M. Laval would take a sec-y role. situate continued to be ex*
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