Reel 17429 - Page 0286

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Reel 17429 - Page 0286

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https://image-uab.canadiana.ca/iiif/2/69429%2Fc0348gg3ks50/full/max/0/default.jpg

Date

1941/1945

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Public Domain

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image/jpeg

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fra

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t17429_0286

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From: Ottawa
To: Vichy
Dated: December 26, 1941
Rec'd: January 21, 1942

Message No. 454.

The resistance of the French Government and, perhaps still more, the emotion aroused by the ... 'coup de main' on St. Pierre has ended the campaign of (evil?) reports circulated on the 23rd and 24th concerning the situation in France.

Based on a report put out by ... and claiming to come from "somewhere in Europe", numerous papers, especially those in French, carry large headlines that Marshal PETAIN has been dismissed while "announcing the entry of German troops into Spain".

RISTELHUEBER.

Examination Unit,
National Research Council,
January 26, 1942

File No. D-433