The Archive · 1941

Exceeded Armistice Terms

The United States considers that France has gone beyond the armistice in permitting German planes to use Syrian airfields to attack Bri forces in Iraq, it is stated in informed quarters here, The same sources said that Mr. Cordell Hull made that observation to Vichy's Ambassador.

M. Henry Have, when they conferred yesterday When M. Have lodged a protest against the United States putting guards on French vessels. Mr. Hull is reported to have called his attention to the fact that the world lieves a pro-Hitler element to be now in supreme contro} in the Vichy Government, and that the burden had been placed on Vichy to correct that impression if it was mistaken—Reuter.

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