BROKEN OF SCRDEAUX GOVERMENT
The London -Daily Telegraphpoints out that two of the largest and most modern French battleships, the Richelieu and the Jean Bart, are not for. The former was last reported in the Atlantic and is possibly engaged in trials. The other is still incomplete.
It is confirmed in London. Daventry reports, that some French warships which were being built in Northern French ports had been towed to England.
Attack on Naval Forces at Oran Held Unjustified STATEMENT BY FIRST LORD OF ADMIRALTY BREACH OF MOST SOLEMN FRENCH ASSURANCES It is announced officially that the French Government has decided to break off diplomatic relations with Britain, a aventry broadcast states. This decision was taken a. ter t e Bordeaux Cabinet had considered what it described as the unjustified attack by the British Fleet on units of the French Fleet at Oran.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 July 1940, Page 5
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143BROKEN OF SCRDEAUX GOVERMENT Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 July 1940, Page 5
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