Reel 17429 - Page 0685

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Reel 17429 - Page 0685

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1941/1945

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... so little and so difficult to ... ." The Louisville Courier Journal thinks "that the U. S. cannot be satisfied with recognizing only the local authorities but must now extend their recognition to the de Gaullist regime. The declaration of the President should serve as a pretext for breaking relations with the men of Vichy."

The ... says: "It is good that we have occupied the French islands in the Pacific but it would be much better to keep them. Proof of our need of New Caledonia lies in its production of (nickel?) and chrome which we have not got. The other islands of French Oceania are defended by a monk-admiral whom we do not completely ... . We are glad to protect these islands, would they not be a fair trade for our debts of the former war?"

HENRY HAYS.

Examination Unit
National Research Council,
March 11, 1942

File No. 5-784