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Buckeye Valley News And Buckeye Review
Buckeye, Maricopa County, Arizona
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Vichy government under Pierre Laval reportedly naturalized 500 Gestapo agents to help round up French specialists for German war plants, following Nazi demands. Fighting French sources report strong anti-Nazi sentiments in France and urge defiance.
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'Hired' by Gestapo?
The day of judgment drew closer to Pierre Laval, chief of the Vichy government, when he acceded to a Nazi demand for an increased number of French specialists to work in German war plants.
In a brutal move to meet Hitler's demands, the Vichy government was reported to have naturalized 500 agents of the Gestapo to help round up unwilling workers in unoccupied France.
The report was announced by the official news agency of the 'Fighting French,' followers of Gen. Charles de Gaulle.
The Gestapo agents were to be sent in flying squads to the unoccupied zone, there to co-operate with Laval. Fighting French sources said that Vichy must defy Hitler's request or face ever-growing violence among Frenchmen.
The same sources said that 98 per cent of occupied France is anti-Nazi and that 80 per cent of unoccupied France feels the same way, as compared to a 50-50 feeling a year ago.
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vichy naturalized 500 gestapo agents to round up workers; 98% of occupied france and 80% of unoccupied france anti-nazi, up from 50-50 a year ago; risk of growing violence if demands not defied.
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Pierre Laval acceded to Nazi demand for more French specialists in German war plants. Vichy government naturalized 500 Gestapo agents to round up unwilling workers in unoccupied France. Report from Fighting French news agency. Gestapo to send flying squads to unoccupied zone to cooperate with Laval. Sources urge Vichy to defy Hitler or face violence.