https://omeka.uottawa.ca/examination-unit/files/original/dd941534ee93c541417d268106fc7cad.jpg 60e1b367544c1ea6c21bc0ce0256cb98 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Reel 17427 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document # TOP SECRET From: Berne (JARDIN) To: Ankara Aug. 24, 1944 FAV No. - (4 part message complete) On 11 August 1944 at Vichy, President LAVAL in the presence of Mr. ROCHAT, said to the head of a foreign mission at Vichy: "They want to put the Marshal and me in a safe place. I shall yield only to force but when that happens, the violence which is used on me will oblige me to lay down my office as Head of the Government. I shall under no circumstances go to Vittel, to Nancy, or to Germany. I shall not flee to a foreign country, for I want above all to avoid civil war. You may be sure that aside from my sojourns in Paris I shall not leave Vichy except by force. If that happens I shall simply be a prisoner. It is necessary that your Government know this. If I am able to inform you of what is going to happen I shall do so. If I am not able to do so you know what to believe." On 20 August 1944, the Marshal sent Chancellor HITLER a statement saying that since the Armistice he had never left national territory: "They are attempting to constrain me by violence to leave it; I raise a solemn protest against this act of force." On the night of Saturday to Sunday, the 20th, at seven o'clock in the morning the door of the Marshal's bedroom at the Hotel DU PARC was forced open by the Germans and the Marshal left Vichy at eight o'clock in the morning (accompanied by Mr. ROCHAT, Secretary General in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Doctor MENETREL, General BRIDGES, Minister for War, General DE LESERT, Chief of the Marshal's military cabinet, and Admiral HUMANT, Secretary for Navy and Colonies). The diplomatic corps with the exception of the Japanese Ambassador unanimously refused to join the Marshal at Belfort. The Marshal through his calm and his dignity has commanded the admiration of all, including the F.F.I. As PETAIR and President LAVAL were carried off by force File 2-2340 (continued) Examination Unit Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Reel 17427 - Page 1729 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://image-uab.canadiana.ca/iiif/2/69429%2Fc04j09x38070/full/max/0/default.jpg Description An account of the resource Quality Score: unknown Needs Review: No OCR Confidence: 0% Character Count: 1934 Word Count: 352 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Language A language of the resource fra Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941/1945 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain 1944 Ankara Paris