Informed circles here anticipated an early announcement, however. concerning Admiral Darlan's partially successful effort to obtain liberal tion of certain categories of war prisoners.
Some reports that 50.000 miners, technicians and family bread winners would be Lib ed but other, and more optimistic reports. placed the figure as high as 500,000 men.
Observers here also expected that there will be an early confirmation of definite reduction of German Army occupation costs, The pected to be possibly one half of the tr amount France now pays
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