WORK FOR GERMANY
FRENCH INDUSTRY.
BRITISH TO RIGIDLY ENFORCE
BLOCKADE
LONDON, B,tay 23,
It is stated authoritatively that one* quarter of the French mechanical electrical industry is working for the Ger> mans.
It is estimated that 80 per cent, of the cargoes arriving at Marseilles are passing on to Germany. Germany is receiving chiefly ground-nuts through. Marseilles, from which she derives fats.
The French, moreover, have detained since the armistice 250,000 tons ofj British and Allied shipping, most of; which was at Casablanca, Dakar, and* Marseilles. ■
In a recent six-week period, the fol-; lowing goods reached Germany from the unoccupied zone:—Aluminium,; 10.000 tons; magnesium, 8000 tons;! bauxite. 38,000 tons; wool, 30,000 tons;; fruit, 60.000 tons. '
The "Daily Telegraph" asserts that as the result of these disclosures,! Britain henceforth will rigidly en«| force the blockade against France^ Britain hitherto has been technically, blockading the whole of France, but because of diplomatic considerations and naval limitations, the blockade ha§. not been complete.—U.P.A.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 121, 24 May 1941, Page 9
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160WORK FOR GERMANY Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 121, 24 May 1941, Page 9
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