NOW WITH ALLIES
AS- MEMBERS OF FIGHTING FRENCH
BULK OF DIEGO SUAREZ GARRISON. NO PRESSURE EXERTED. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 11.20 a.m.) RUGBY, October 12. Three-quarters of the Diego Suarez garrison who fought' the British in May are now fighting for the Allies. Today 950 of these French officers and men are numbered among the Fighting French. Of the survivors of the garrison, half joined General de Gaulle immediately. Of the remaining half, who were brought to Britain, a half have since joined General de Gaulle, making three-quarters of the survivors of the garrison. They were entirely free to make a choice between joining the Allies and applying for repatriation to France. No pressure was exerted uoon them.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 October 1942, Page 4
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