PLEBISCITE AT ONCE
IN FRENCH ATLANTIC ISLANDS.
TAKEN OVER BY FREE FRENCH.
(British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 12.55 p.m.) RUGBY, December 25
An official announcement by the Free French Headquarters in London on the Free French occupation of the French islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon, just south, of Newfoundland, states: “In answer to the wishes of the population, Admiral Muselier, commanding the Free French naval forces, proceeded to St. Pierre and Miguelon. and took possession of these islands in the name of the French. National Committee. He immediately organised a plebiscite which will take place today.”
NO INFORMATION. IN WASHINGTON OR LONDON. (Received This Day, 12.55 p.m.) RUGBY, December 25. Press messages from Washington, quoting the United States Government to the effect that Admiral Muselier’s action in St. Pierre and Miquelon islands was carried out without Ameican knowledge, have been noted in London, where official quarters were equally without information. Moreover it is believed that Admiral Muselier’s ships did not saij< to St. Pierre.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAITA19411226.2.40
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 December 1941, Page 4
Word count
Tapeke kupu
166PLEBISCITE AT ONCE Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 December 1941, Page 4
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Wairarapa Times-Age. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in