MESSAGE TO DAKAR
AIM OF FREE FRENCHMEN “KEEP OUT DICTATORS” SUBMARINE AND AIR BASES (United Pre. Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyrig-lH) (Received Sept. 30, 11 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 29 General de Larminat, GovernorGeneral of French Equatorial Africa, broadcasting over the British Broadcasting Corporation to the garrison at Dakar, said: “You fought well to prevent the landing of Frenchmen who were aiming to preserve Dakar for France and prevent Italy and Germany from establishing submarine and air bases. By ordering the machine-gunning of fellow-countrymen your superior was fulfilling the obligation to act similarly against every Italian and German attempting to do what General de Gaulle wishes to prevent.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21231, 30 September 1940, Page 7
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105MESSAGE TO DAKAR Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21231, 30 September 1940, Page 7
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