Petain has lost what little prestige he ever had, according to messages from France, since the Germans marched into the hitherto unoccupied zone. That he was powerless and that Laval was merely the tool, the gauleiter, of the Germans became evident to all. The words “honour” and “independence” are ever on Petain’s lips. Honour, it is pointed out, seems to him to mean that the victor should be given everything he asks for, accompanied by a mild protest. Vichy now is ho more than a farce and means nothing.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 June 1943, Page 2
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