Reel 17429 - Page 0676

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Reel 17429 - Page 0676

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https://image-uab.canadiana.ca/iiif/2/69429%2Fc0pz51h3h360/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_0676

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From: Ottawa
To: Vichy
Dated: March 5, 1942.
Rec'd: March 7, 1942.

Message No. 109-110.

The whole press has given great publicity to the news from London regarding the bombing of the industrial plants in Paris. The participation of Canadian airmen who were there ... has not been revealed. There are varying references to the possible serious consequences of this bombing on Franco-British relations, but with no particular emphasis. The English-language papers put forward the British point of view based on de GAULLIST arguments: - England has attacked especially Hitler's ... at ... in the battle which has begun for the liberation of France. It is very evident ... that civilians have been killed. These are ... ... since the French have ... declared ... that they prefer to run this risk rather than to continue to work for Germany. In (conclusion?) they invoke the declaration of M. CORDELL HULL who considers (continued)

File No. D-778 R321-322
SECRET
Examination Unit