Pitiful Existence Of Residents of Dakar
Rec. 8.30 p.m. New York, Aug. 29. The Herald-Tribune correspondent on the West African coast says the plight of Dakar is pitiful as a result of the Allied blockade and the lack of transportation. The native population in the back country is so impoverished and dissatisfied that the authoriti.es are constantly threatened with rebellion and the whites in the interior towns live in danger of theii lives. Virtually no foodstuffs, clothing. tools, military equipment or petrol have reached Dakar in the last two years and reserve stocks are exhausted. The correspondent points out that the weakened state of this once-prosperous Frencb colony contrasts sliarply with the visible growth of strength in the neighbouring United Nations possessions.
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Taranaki Daily News, 31 August 1942, Page 3
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