FRANCE LISTENING

Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 October 1941, Page 3

FRANCE LISTENING

TO BRITISH BROADCASTS. ACCORDING TO CORRESPONDENT IN LILLE. The following is an extract front a letter received from Lille: “We are writing from the Lille district, where without a shade of doubt all radio listeners tune into your bulletins from London. “About nine-tenth of the population at least still consider the British our allies and await their victory with unshakeable confidence. This sweeping majority is split between, first, the passionate admirers of General de Gaulle (among whom may be numbered the entire youth of the country); second, those, very numerous, who cherish equally the names of de Gaulle and Petain Che is so old,’ they say, ‘he is not free; he does what he can.’); lastly, the very small section who while longing for a German defeat and a British victory have allowed themselves to be convinced that the Free French are deserters. That was not their opinion recently, and they will certainly return to their first opinion.” The foregoing letter is particularly interesting as it shows a new Nazi propaganda attempt to divide the French. The writer is careful to point out that there are very few ready to I consider the Free French as deserters.