Vichy, Dec. 5.
Admiral Francois Darlan, the Vice Premier, returned here from Paris at 3 pin. today. During his visit there. he contected French and Get-man personalities whom he usually sees in the course of his tours to the occupied zone. semicolhel ial indication as to the ob-'The las neither any official nor ject of the Admiral's short visit and while authorised quarters refused to attribute to this visit more importance than to his last trip to the oecupied zone, it was duly noted ip Vichy thet international observers drew a parallel between the, Viee-Premiers trip and the Saint-Florentin meeting between Marshal Petain and Marshal Goering which took place one day before the Admirál left for Paris.
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