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DARLAN ON THE FUTURE OF FRANCE DEPENDENT ON NEGOTIATIONS WITH GERMANY. CHOICE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 11.55 a.m.) VICHY, May 23. In his broadcast, Admiral Darlan stressed France's defeat in the war. recalled her unpreparedness in the past, and called on the French people to support the Vichy Government and the policy of collaboration with Germany started by Marshal Petain at Montdire. He said France had freely chosen the road she was taking. "Herr Hitler," he added, “asked me to Berchtesgaden, but the question of France abandoning her sovereignty was not raised at any time during the conversations. It was necessary before that that France should choose between life and death. Marshal Petain has chosen life. Germany could have wiped France from the map last June, but did not. Germany has now agreed to negotiate with the French Government. The future of France depends upon the negotiations now proceeding.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 May 1941, Page 6
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157DEFEAT STRESSED Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 May 1941, Page 6
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