From: Ottawa
To: Vicky
Bated: December 8, 1941.
Rec'd: December 10, 1941.
Message No. 426
The declaration of war on December 7 at midnight, ... was made by the Prime Minister under the powers granted him by parliament. It was announced that,…
Your letters No. 288 and 290 - 296 reached Lisbon on November 26 and have been forwarded. Eleven packets sent on the Exeter arrived November 21. Please send…
In these hours through which our country is passing, it is important that we all work with the same heart and the same spirit in the service of France and in that of the leader which has been given to…
It is my duty to say that all charges, everything which is proposed whether officially or privately, will be considered in the light of those principles which rule the politics of government and particularly the politics of the world.
From: Vichy
To: Legafrance, Ottawa
Dated: December 24, 1940
Message Nos. 181, 182, 183.
(The following message is translated largely for its historic significance.)
Marshal PETAIN has named me as head of the government. Since I arrived in Vichy on…