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DECISION IN TAHITI TO FIGHT WITH BRITAIN (Official Wireless) (Received Sept. 7, 11 a.m.) RUGBY, Sept. 6 Replying by cable to the announcement by the provisional Government of Tahiti that the French possession in the Pacific had rallied to the flag of Free France, General de Gaulle expressed the satisfaction he felt on learning that the population of this colony had unanimously decided to carry on and fight by the side of their Allies until final victory was achieved. General de Gaulle also confirmed the appointments of members of the Government of Tahiti and assured them that, in agreement with the Allies and especially the Government of Britain, they could count on all help and support in the protection of the economic interests of French possessions in the Pacific. The Gibraltar correspondent of the British Unied Press says reports on the arrival of French planes should be treated with caution. An average of two or three has arrived weekly since the capitulation, but reports that ten arrived this week are untrue. About eighteen so far have arrived, though it is reliably reported from Morocco that many pilots are most anxious to join General de
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21212, 7 September 1940, Page 9
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196FREE FRENCHMEN Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21212, 7 September 1940, Page 9
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