Meanwhile, in Vichy General Weygand hag been joined by M. Boisson, Governor-General of French West Africa and Admiral Jean Esteva, French Resident-General in Tunisia, in further defence talks, The Vichy news agency today quotes long extracts from the German-controlled press of Paris. One of these statements says the conversations between General Weygand and members of the Government are evidently aimed at defining conditions for the military and political Gefence of Syria in case of an attack by Britain.
It adds that what happened ten months ago in French Equatorial Africa, which went over to General de Gaulle, will not be repeated elsé- where.
It is reported that hundreds of letters from French men and women opposing collaboration with the Germans are being received ju the United States Embassy in Vichy.
Supporters of General de Gaulle are distributing in France a number of leaflets quoting President Roosevelt's recent statement that he could rot believe that Frenchmen would (Reuter, (Continued on page 2, col. 1 x Washington June 6.
A statement made by Hitler on May 23 to the former United States Ambassador in Belgium. Mr. John Cudahy—now the Berlin Correspondent of the American magazine "Life"—is published in that magazine today.
In the interview Hitler said conveys would mean war. He said the German High Command considered an invasion of either part of the American continent as fantastic as an invasion of the moon. Hitler dis counted the view that Germany wes an economic menace for America through the use of forced labour. and asked why. if German competition wes feared. colonies were taken away from her.
He argued in favour of on organiza-Yen of Europe in order to provide markets for German exports. Hitler continued that the future trade of Germany would not be based on paper -but on commodity exchange with the absolute exclusion of speculation. Germany. he said. had been deprived of its gold by reparations and had therefore been forced to devise a system of international trade without gold. but she recognized the usefulness of gold as a credit basis.
Germany was not interested in the enslavement of any people. Hitler emphasised that the German case was not inimical te the United States, but said that efforts made to get Americans to realize this had always proved
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