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The Wilmington Morning Star
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina
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In Paris on Nov. 7, Francois de Vibraye, a former Radio Paris announcer, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for broadcasting English messages to Britain and the US during the German occupation, receiving payment from the German embassy for propaganda work. A resistance member testified in his defense, but he was convicted.
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Sentenced To 10 Years
PARIS, Nov. 7.--(P) - Francois
de Vibraye, 30, former announcer
for Radio Paris, was sentenced to-
day to 10 years in prison for hav-
ing directed messages in English
to Britain and the United States
during the German occupation.
The prosecutor in the French
court said the announcer received
7,200 francs ($144) monthly from
the German embassy as a propa-
ganda. A blonde girl member of
the French resistance movement
testified that she had urged him
to continue the broadcasts to
cover up her communications with
London, but the four-man jury
convicted him
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Paris
Event Date
Nov. 7
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sentenced to 10 years in prison
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Francois de Vibraye, 30, former announcer for Radio Paris, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for having directed messages in English to Britain and the United States during the German occupation. The prosecutor said he received 7,200 francs ($144) monthly from the German embassy as a propagandist. A blonde girl member of the French resistance movement testified that she had urged him to continue the broadcasts to cover up her communications with London, but the four-man jury convicted him.