CHAD TERRITORY
DECISION TO FIGHT BESIDE BRITAIN CONSIDERED OF GREATEST IMPORTANCE. AREA ON BORDERS OF LIBYA & SUDAN. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day. 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, August 27. General De Gaulle broadcasting stated that the Governor of the Chad Territory announced on iV|onday that the Territory refuses to accept capitulation and will fight z on the side of Britain. Colonel . Marchand, commanding the troops in the Chad Territory, has also signed this declaration. The Chad Territory’s decision is considered of the greatest importance as the territory, comprising 460,000 square miles, is on the borders of Libya and the Sudan and is the key to equatorial Africa. Other French possessions in Africa are expected to follow the example of the Chad Territory. After the Chad Territory’s declaration.' Mr Winston Churchill assured General de Gaulle that economic assistance, comparable with that granted the British colonies will be extended to all French overseas territories loyal to the Allies until an independent constitutional authority is re-established on French soil.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 August 1940, Page 6
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165CHAD TERRITORY Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 August 1940, Page 6
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