M. MANDEL ACCUSED
FORMER FRENCH MINISTER ALLEGED DESIRE TO FLY TO ENGLAND. COLLEAGUES UNDER ARREST. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day. 11.15 a.m.) LONDON. July 28. The British United Press Vichy correspondent says a Military Court has opened an inquiry into the activities of M. Mandel (Former Minister for the Colonies) on the orders of the Petain Government. It is reliably stated that the inquiry involves charges that M. Mandel' attempted to communicate with Mr A. Duff Cooper and Viscount Gort against the interest of France, which is punishable with death. Mr Duff Cooper and Lord Gort allegedly arrived at Casablanca by seaplane and sought to make contact with IVI. Mandel, ■who was aboard the Massiglia. The French authorities are reported to have ordered the seaplane to leave. M. Mandel was held aboard the Massiglia. The Court is believed to be seeking to determine whether Ivl. Mandel planned to fly to England and join Geneial de Gaulle’s group. M. Daladier is reported to be held in communicado in a Marseilles hotel. M. Reynaud is under house arrest near Vichy. M.M. -Campinchi and Delbos are under strict surveillance in North Africa.’
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 July 1940, Page 6
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190M. MANDEL ACCUSED Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 July 1940, Page 6
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