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FEELING IN FRANCE

EXTRACTS FROM A LETTER WAVE OF OPTIMISM. ENTHUSIASM FOR R.A.F. PLANES. The following are extracts from a letter from Paris: — ■ We hear less and less of collaboration, less and less of schemes by which France will be able to occupy a “place d'honneur” in the New Order in Europe. The newspapers of Paris, entirely under Nazi control, have grown tired of trying to foist this propaganda on us. Attempts at flattering us have failed completely, for every Frenchman is well aware that collaboration merely means all profits for Germany and all the work for the rest. It is correct to say that no one believes a single word in any Paris newspaper, and, in fact, it is safe to say that hardly anyone reads a line of what is obviously the German inspired part of each newspaper. Paris, and France, is now more than ever convinced that only one thing can bring salvation, and that is the victory of Great Britain, and now more than ever are they sure that that victory is certain. It is part of our unshakable faith.

There has recently been a wave of optimism, especially when the Russians did not collapse and Moscow did not fall within a fortnight. What we ought to believe is an announcement such as that given out by Radio-Paris: “In the night of July 31, the Europeans took up a position in the outskirts of Moscow,” news corrected very promptly by the 8.8. C. The . use of the word “Europeans” shows what efforts are being made to convince us that this is a war of Europe against Bolshevism. The Germans are no longer able to hide the fact that the R.A.F. have the mastery in the air and can go anywhere at any time, and bomb whatever they like.

The 8.8. C. broadcasts are listened to all over France, but jamming is heavy, and often what has been said can only be learned when friends gather and piece together what they have been able to pick up. When Berlin is bombed everyone knows it, and onions would not make them shed tears. Several times R.A.F. planes have appeared over important towns, raising tremendous enthusiasm as they trace in the sky the Lorraine cross, the sign of de Gaulle and resistance; The skywriting planes work in pairs. One traces a long white line, while the other flies across it at right angles to complete the Lorraine cross. Food is'short. A popular magazine printed a suggestion for a week’s menu. Not one dish suggested contained potatoes. Life is hard, but we feel the end is nearer. In the meantime, all our thanks to you—we shall never forget.

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 October 1941, Page 7

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Tapeke kupu
448

FEELING IN FRANCE Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 October 1941, Page 7

FEELING IN FRANCE Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 October 1941, Page 7

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