23/6/40. -No. 1. NOT TO BE BROADCAST OR PUBLISHED ON THE CLUB TAPES OR IN .ANY OTHER WAY BEFORE THE MORNING OF MONDAY 24th JUNE 1940. DEFENCE (FINANCE) REGULATIONS. The Treasury announce that two further Orders have been made under the Defence (Finance) Regulations 9 1939, givingeffect to an arrangement which has been made with the Brazilian authorities for regulat ing payments betvreen the United Kingdom and Brazil. These are the Defence (Finance) (Restriction of Payments) (No. 4) Order 9 1940 (8.R. & O. 1940 No. 1039), and the Defence (Finance) (Export of Goods) (No. 4) Order 9 1940 (S.R. & 0.1940 No. 1040). Under the provisions of these Orders, as from the 24th June all payments to persons resident in Brazil from persons resident in the United Kingdom of a commercial or current financial nature may only be made in sterling to a Brazilian Special Account with a United Kingdom bank, registered as such by the Bank of England under the Defence (Finance) Regulations; and all exports from the United Kingdom to Brazil must be paid for in sterling from a Brazilian Special .Account. TREASURY CH.AMBERS. 23/6/40. -No• 2. 'BROli.IDAST TALK BY :]R. GEOF.B"1flli7 SPJi.KESPEll.RE, H.P. , CHfi.J:R.1;i'.liN OF THE CHILDREN'S OVERSE!:..S RECEFTION BOARD TO BE GIVEN ON SUNDAY, 23rd Jµne, 1940, at 1 p.m. (approx). NOT TO BE FUBLISHED BEFORE DELIVERY. _f\.s Chainnan of the newly appointed Children's Overseas Reception Board I am glad to have the opportunity of speaking to you about the scheme ror sending British children overseas. • The proposals embrace in the first instance children attend~ng school in any part of Great Britain who have reached the age of 5 and are not yet 16 years of age. H.l'I. Government here have received the most generous offers through H.M. Governments in the Dominions from people who are anxious to receive, maintain and care for, at their own expense, our children for the duration of the war. It is to talce full adva~tage of these offers that our scheme has been framed. Lord Snell has consented to preside over an Advisory Council composed of persons of great experience in matters of migration, education, and child welfare, spiritual and physical, and I shall be greatly helped by their advice. We moved into our new premises on Thursday, and are doing all that is humanly possible to meet the remarkable response from parents which ~allowed the publication of the scheme. Parents will ask: How can we get our child included in this scheme? Where are we to apply? My answer is: if you are the parent of a child attending a grant-aided school in England or Wales you will apply to the local education authority where you, the parents, now live, or, alternatively, where the child, if evacuated, now is. Grant-aided schools generally speaking mean elementary, secondary and technical schools. If you are in any doubt, however, go and ask the school authorities. If you are the parent of a child attending any other kind of school in England or Wales, you should apply in writing direct to the Secretary of the Children's Overseas Reception Board, Cook's Building, 45, Berkeley Strcet ,w.1. As regards Scotland, if you are the parent of a child attending an Education Authority School, you should apply to the Education Authority. The parents of children who are attending schools other than Education Authority schools should apply in writing to the Secretary, Scottish Branch of the Chilaren's overseas Reception Scheme, 29, St.Andrevv's Square, Edinburgh, 2. Parents will want to know what they will have to pay to participate in this Scheme? Parents of chilaren at grant-aided schools will be expected to contribute the same amount as they aro now paying, or would pay under the United Kingdom evacuation scheme. Parents of children at other schools will be asked to pay at a higher scale, but one which can be adjusted to their circumstances. · There will be no charge for the sea voyage of children from grant-aided schools, and for other chilaren the cost will be much lower than normal rates. When the war is over the children will be returned to this oountry as soon as possible with similar concessions. /I 2 I understand thnt there is a r.iost r;enerous desire on the part of citizens of the United Stn.tes of' fJ.1ericn to give a similnr wolCOL1G to 01,l.r children and that steps are advanced for the fon:io.tion of a suitable organization for this purpose. Needless to so.y, I shall welcome CJlY suitable scheme that is put forward. You ·will now want to knov,r how mnny children can go, o.nd when. I must einphasise tho.t the Dominion Governments have stated that they are ready to welcome at once 20,000 children, and it must be appreciated that the scheme must be lirnited to the nuiriber of children that the Dominion Governments are able to receive. I run assured, however, that the figure of 20 1000 may be regarded as a beginning, The second limitinc factor is shipping capacity. You will realise, therefore, that when people to.lk glibly about sending hundreds -of thousands of children overseas in the space of u few weeks they do so without authority and without knowledge of the facts. Such talk is both dnngerous and stupid. We hope that the first selected parties will be proceeding overseas within about three weeks. If it can be done en.rlicr1 it will be done. Therc~fter there vlill be steady outgoings. Obviously, it oust take a little time to couplete the necessO.ry arrangements both here, durihg the voyage, an::l overseas, far the: snf'ety and welfo.re of our children. This is not o. Inll.SS migration, but a plan to send overseas as rJŁUlY children o.s we can; subject to the linitutions of shipping and the offers r.iadc by each Dominion. It will be orderly, vrell planned, nnd executed ns qu:l.ckly as human ingenuity can devise~ . ffe shall, of course1provide suito.ble ~or the voyage -doctors, rlurses, t " hoe nnd those persons, uert or women belonging to the many voluntary spcieties who have an intir11ate knowledge; fron long experience, of conducting childreh overseas. It is surely inspiring to know that lovers of freedom far removed from the wo.r zone ore so concerned about the safety of our children. Many parents will want to send their children to homes overseas of friends or relatives and this will be ran.de possible under our sche1ne. Finally, you will wish to know vmat advice the Government can give to parents. Should they send their children overseas, or should they, as they have done in so many hundreds of thousands of cases, send them to the snf'er ports of our ovm country under the existing evacuation scherae? This is advice I cannot give. Only pnrents can decide. It is my duty to draw attention to facts that nw.y be helpful to po.rents in reaching a decision. Notwithstanding the difficulties to be overcome and the risks of the voyage, the Government have : thought it right to provide the facilities I have mentioned. You have to weigh the danger to which your child. is exposed in this country, whether by invasion, or by air raids, against the risks to which every ship that leaves these shores is subjected in war-time from eneoy action, vrhethc.;r by uir, by subwJrine or by mine. The risks of the voyage are obvious and the choice is one for which you alone are responsible. They are risks which have to be ineasured against the dangers to which the children may be exposed by rer.mining in this country. What the Government can do is to provide as soon as possible the machinery by which, if you desire to send your children overseas, they co.n go properly~s srir•d, with all o.rrn.ngcnents made for their welfare, their maintenance and their( nf'tercD;X'e nt the end of their journey. ,~ 4 If you decide to take advantage of the benefits of this scher,1e, I know there will be much burning of heart at the thought of parting, but parents will not allow thei."'lSelvcs to be influenced by selfish considerations where the safety of their children is concerned. You will ask r;.1e for how long will the parting be? The answer is -our children ·will cone back to us when we have secured final victory, n.s inevitably we shall. OOLIT:ti!ON AND COL01UliL OFFICES PRESS SECTION.. 23.6140 No. 3. PRESS NOTICE. The following statement was issued today by the Prime Minister: H.M. Government have heard with grief and amazement that the terms dictated by the Germans have been accepted by th.e French Government at Bordeaux. They cannot feel that such, or similar terms, co.uld have been submitted to by any French Government which possessed freedom, independence and constitutional authority. Such terms, if accepted by all Frenchmen, would place not only France, but the French Empire entirely at the mercy and in the power of the German and Italian Dictators. Not only would the French people be held down and forced to work against their ally, not only would the soil of France be used with the approval of the Bordeaux government as the means of attacking their ally, but the whole resources of the French Empire and of the French Pavy would speedily pass into the hands of the adversary for the fulfilment of his purpose, H.M. Government firmly believe that whatever happens they will he able to carry the war wherever it may lead, on the seas, in the air and upon land, to a successful conclusion. When Great Britain is victorious, she will, · in spite; of the , action of the Bordeaux Government cherish the cause of the French people, and a British vict6ry is the only possible horye for the restoration of the greatness of France and the freedom of its people. Brave men from other countries overrun by Nazi invasion, arc steadfastly fighting in the ranks of freedom. Accordingly H.M. Govc;rnment call upon all Frenchmen outside the power of the enemy to aid them in their task o.nd thereby render its accomplishment more sure and more swift. They appeal to all Frenchmen, wherever they may be, to aid to the utmost of their strength the forces of liberation which are enormous and which faithfully nnd resolutely used will assuredly prevail. MINISTRY OF INFORMATION. NOT FOR PUBLICATION _?_)_Lq/40 -No 4• UNTIL AFTER DELI~~,i To be checked with broadcast at 6015 porno today in B.BoCo Home Service. Since last September our th1.,0e :B'iehtiug Services have been in action. Each has added glorj_ous pages to its history. Now the fourth, the new arm~ the Civil Defence Serv:i.cos, are going into action. Air raiding b;as begun in c:irnest o ·.ronicht I have the opportunity of speaking to all of you men and vv-ornen who "bclon13 to those services. I am proud of this chanC!e :1 for i :c1 ~hese danc:;erous days you are in the front lineo In my visits all ovGI' t he countr / I have talked to many of you. I have seen you at your Wt"l.a;slt vrit h f i re ~lumpst in rescue parties, at first-aid posts, as WaPdens,, ir1.dccd i n aJ..i the various services. You have had a long period of vn..:i t i r-.g.. Sometimes your purpose has been misunderstoodo You have nut vmsted your timeo You have trained and I have known your t 1 ... emcnclous eagerness, your determination when the time came to act wi th cou~1a:·~0 , skill nnd devotion -to earn your first laurelso Some of you have been in actiono You have suffered your first casualty of waro John Pun·ljon, un O~Ld. Contemptible of the last war, has died at his post as an ·air r a id vmr c'.en in thiso Your comrades all over the country have been watchin.z keenly to see how you stood the test. Let me tell thorn in your hearinrr that nowhere have you failed. You have turned up in full nurribers 9 both full-time and part­time personnelo You have been prompt on the jobe You have carried out splendidly all you have 1Jeoa tr•o.incd to doc Your Regional Commissioners are full of your ~raj_sec You who hnve been in action have set a magnificent example ~vhi ch I know you who have not yet been called out are dond keen to Eollow~ Your fellow citizens ha-ve Gver·y reason to be thankful for your devotion and publi 1.: s:pirit o Turn that to practical accounto If you have friends nvt. :ret ].n the Services get them with youo Get them traine~ Then we sha11 have reser'<.reso We want unlimited reserves. Some of y0u ha (!cme,, However swift, dire or ruthless it may be ycu wDI a::rn0pt itv Yot: will show in action the purpose of' you1" traini:ng and t;:-ie country will be proud, That silver badge you are all en ti tleied territory to be handed over to Gennan authorities. Article 13,, 1\.11 0::;:.'::rb:'.~~.nhr.1.Gz:~s :uid military too.ls and stocks in occupied terri.tory to be hc"l..nded ov,~r intaut. Ports, permanent fortifications, naval bu;ilding yards to be left in their present state and not destroyed. or damaged. Sanle 'to apply to all means of' conununication particularly railways, roads, canals, telephones, telegraphs~ navigational and coast lighting marks. Material for repairs to be made available, Article JA"... All v,::.r eless transmitting ;-;t~t -;.rm.s in French territory to .stop•. fil;ticl.e 15D Fren,7h Goverrment to facilitatc t:t·ansport .of' 100.rohatldjse between Gennany and ItaJ.y a.cross unoccupied territorye Article 16~ Frer..oh G-0 vernment to repatriate population to occupied territory. ~-·­ ~ticle 17c French Government to prevent transfer of vahlables and stocksf.z-om occupied to non,·occupied territory or abroad• .A.rj;icle 18c C0 st of maintenance of German occupying troops to be paid by France, Article 19. All German prisoners of war to be released. French Government to hand over all German subjer.,.ts indicated by Gennan G0vermiient who are in France or French overseas territorya Article 20 All French prisoners of war in Gennan hands to remain so • until conclusion of peaee~ Article 21., Provides for safeguard of material handed over. Article 22. German .Annistice Commission will carry out .Armistice and will also co-ordinate it with Il'ranco-Italian .Armistioe. A.r.r.-6. stice Article 23., / ·:~ill enter into force as soon as French Government have concluded similar agreer.1ent with Italian Governmento Cessation of hostilities six hours o.fter Italian Governrnent notify its conclusion. Gennan Government will announce this by Ylireless.~ .A.rti©le 24. Present armistice valid until conclusion of Peace Treaty and can be denounced at any moment if French Goverrunent do not fulfil obligations. The :Prench Government bave put fori,•rard certain relatively unimportant amendments. Some of these, it is understood, have been accepted and otners rejected. But the terms remain substantially as set forth above: ++++++++++++ :MINIS'I'Rf OF rnTFDRMATION. 21TH JUNE.Le 1940. ~~~~ST BEFORE 7 A. M. ON THAT DATE. WAR OFFICE CASUALTY LIST No.12• .:: The Army Council regret to announce the following casualties, The next-of-~in have already been notified. OFFICERS. KILLED 'ROYAL CORPS OF SIGNALS. BARLAS 2nd Lt. R.M. 73076 THE SH~RWOOD FORESTERS (NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND DERBYSHIRE REGIMEN!l WRIGHT 2nd Lt. J.M. S. 88297 . ... .DJ.ED OF WOUNDS. THE gu;m,EN'S ovm ROYAL \!VEST KENT REGIMENT,. TADMAN, Lieut. E.R. 90545 WOUNDED ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS_iRUSSARS) TYRRELL Capt. J.H.. 58852 GOODDEN 9 2nd Lt. E. N. 94511 ROBINSON, ·2nd Lt... c. s. 94231 SMART . 2nd Lt. R.R. 116782 GRENADIER GUARDS RADFORD-NORCOP Capt. P.J.C. 47836 THE ROYAL SCOTS (T[Jp ROYAL REGIMENT) KERR Capt. F. R. N. 66376 GILLIBRAND 2nd Lt. J.L. 117649 -2 ­WOUNDED (CONTD.) THE ROYJ.L NOHFOLK REGDIENT. ALLEN, Capt. G.M. 40610 THE EAST YORKSHIR.t1 REGJJ:IENT (THE Dtl!\E OF yom<:Is Q\;N.) HESTERD.ALE 1 2nd Lt. J. 89138 THE ROYLL \ iELCH FUSILIERS. WILLI.AMS, Ca.pt. A.H. 51336 THE EAST SURP.EY REGDAENT. 2nd Lt. G.J. 113604 THE ROYAL SUSSEX REGDVIEN'r. MILLIGAN, 2nd Lt. A.L. 117870 THE SHERWOOD FORESTERS (NOTS:INGHAMSHIRE JJID DERBYSHIRE REGDiiENT.) .SCOTT, 2nd Lto D.N. 86489 THE KING'S SHROPSHIRE LIGHT INFilNTRY. POPE, Lieut. A.A.K. 77672 THE DURHiJiI LIGHT INFANTRY. BLACKETT, Capt. 45466 THE ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS (PRINCESS VICTORIA'S.) MURPHY, Lieut. P.O. 53706 ROYAL AffiviY JllIEDIC.AL CORPS. O'NEILL, Lieut•. D.F. M. B. 106849 MISSING. IRISH GU.ARDS. LEVESON, Lieut. H.S.L. 71093 THE ROYAL INNISKILLING FUSILIERS. FOULKES, 2nd Lt. G.I. HISSING BELIEVED ICTLLED. ROYi.L REGih1ENT OF .ARTILLERY. HANCCCK, Capt• . , 53509 PREVIOUSLY REPORTED 1!II.SSING B~~...J2..]RISONER OF WA..'Q.., NOii PCPORT"'...::J) NEITHER MISSING NOR PRISON~__OF JfM?.• THE SHERWOOD FOP.EST~ i..J1.9T'.l:INGHAI'iLSHIRI~ .AND DERBYSHL"RE REGIMENT.) BIU.\NSTON, Capt. P.J. 35723 -3­ 'WARRANT OFFICERS, N. C .O's AND MEN. KILLED. ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS ( LJOMANRY) • GRAt'\fT, L/Sjt. I. CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINSLRS NEALE, Spr. J • . IRISH GUARDS POWER, Gdsmn, T • . .T!JE CHESHIRE REG:JMENT WALb'E.·~ Pte • J. ·, . THE BLAClC 17ATCH (ROYAL HIGHLAND R~GIMENT). ROBERTSON, L/Sjt. J. ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS BRIGHTWELL, Pte. B. ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS RYDING, Sjt. P. DIED OF WOUNDS. CORPS OF ROYAL ENGilIBERS BRIGHTMORE Spr. B. IRISH GUARDS HA.YES, Gdsmn. J. THE LINCOLNSHIRE R.'SGDvlENT THO:MPSON, Pte. R. THE BLACK Y/ATCH, (ROYAL HI9-HLAND REGIMENT). KIRK, Pte. D. THE QUEEN' s 01 IN ROYAL rrnsT KENT REGIMENT • UATTS, . ) Pte. L.R. THE ROYAL IRISH PUSILTI:RS \PRINC~~ss VICTORIA Is) KEATING, Fus .. M. CORPS OF MILITARY POLICE COY, L/Cpl •. w•. l~ .. -4­ WOUND:d:D, ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS (HUSSARS).~ CAUDWELL, 'Tpr. w. ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS (YIDMANRY 2. QRoaXs. # · Tpr. B • ROXAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY. ARGENT, Gnr. E.G. CROW, L/Bdr. A.L. KELLY, Dvr. M. RICHARDSON, W/Sjt. H. TURNER, Gnr. T. CORfS CF ROYAL ENGINEERS. BO.ARDMAN, Spr. J.E. CR.AIGIE, Sjt. G.G. I. EDWARDS, Spr. H.G. KNOTT, Spr. G.W. MAYNE, Spr. T.E. POINTON, L/Cpl. L. SKINNER, Spr. E.J. TURNBULL, L/Opl. A~ ROYAL CORPS OF SIGNALS. DONLON, D/t/Cpl. J. ROSE, U/N-L/-Opl.. W.J.. ' GRENADIER GUARDS. BOSTOCK, Gdsnm. W.F. JUGGINS, Gdsmn. G.E. RIOO'LAN' Gdsmn. D.L. Vv'EBB, Gdsrnn.. H,.L._ COLDSTREAM GUARDS. COPE, Gdsmn. Ao GOLDING, Gdsmn. A. MOORE, Gdsmn. R.M. RUDIX)OK, L/Sjt.RKER, Gnr. F. . CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINE::'.:RS. GALLAGHER, Spr. M.. WELSH GUARDS. ALE;:ANDER, L/Sjt. B. BLANE, Gdsmn. G. CARROLL, Gdsnm. w. COOPER, L/Cpl. H. DAVIES, L/Sjt. · w. FREEGARD, L/Sjt. J. HAYTER, Gdsrnn. .. R. JONES, Gdsrnn. ·· B. JONES, Gdsmn. w. McCARTHY, L/Sjt. E. MORSE, Gdsmn. I. PARKIN, · Gdsmn. c.w. PREA'I'OR, Gdsmn. D.A. REES,. Gdsmn. A. ROCK, Gdsmn. c • . · TAYLOR, Gds:mn. c. Yi/AGNER, Gdsrim. · I•17(. s . . WEBB, PSM. A • . WILLIPJvIS, Gdsmn. 9~­ MISSING (Contd) . THE 81'.1~~1.f!ODJ?. FORESTERS ( NOTTINGHAMSHil(E_.AND . ·'. . ... ... DERBYSHIRE REGIMENT) CLARKE Pte G. THE KING'S OiVN YORKSHIRE LIGHT H:FANTRY. ___.,.._ ":' TAYLOR Pte. E. FERGUSON Pte W.. E. WRIGHT Dvr. H.K• . MISSING BELIEVED IULLED. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S REGIMENT_(_VVEST RIDIN.Ql BROWN, Pte. A. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MIS3Ir:G NQY(.EEPQRTED PRISONER OF WAR,·f~ . THE 1INCOLNSHIRE REGIMEll.L_ MAPLETHORPE L/Cpl c • . BINGHAM Pte. w. GAMBLE Pte. A.W. HUMPHREYS Pte. R.K. PICKERING Cpl. R.L. SHEPPARD PSM. L. THE SHERWOOD FORCSTER§...J]JOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND . . · :Qfil@YSHIRE REGIMENT) BROWN, Pte. L. GILBERT L/Cpl. J MARRIOTT Pte. J. TURTON Pte• F. THE KING 1 8 0\7N YORKSH~RE LIGHT INFANTRY. FISHMAN Pte. N •. MARSH Pte. G. THE YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT. CAWTHORNE Pte;,. C.M. MARSHALL Pte. s. WOOD Pte;,. J ·.A. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MJS§IJ]Q:_)WW. __EEP.ORTED NOT MISSING. THE LEICESTERSHIRE REGIMENT. HARRIS Pte. H.C. SMITH Pte-F• E. THE GREEN HOWARDS (ALEXANDRA, ·PRINCESS OF WALES 1S· OWN YORKSHIRE REGIMENT)~ REDSHAW ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY~ BYRNE McLEAN YEOMANS CORPS QF ROYAL ENGINEERS. LUCAS ROYAL CORPS OF SIGNALS. PARSONS THE DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT. DREW Pte• DIED. Bd.r. T. L/Bd.r. D.N. Gnr. D. Spr. T. Cpl. J. 1/Cpl. W.H. T~ OXFORDSHIRE AND BUCKnmHAMSHlRE LIGHT INFANTRY t LAMBOURNE W.G. ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS~ FRANKS ROXBURGH W.R. W.T. CORPS OF MILITARY POLICE. JAJv!ES Sjt. F.A. 23/6z4o. -No. 13. THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT .ANNOUNCES:­ The Maidstone -Sittingbourne Road (A.249) is closed as trom 8 a.m. t~morrow morning, June 24th, to General traffic. Motorists are advised te· pr~ceed via Chatham, or via Bredgar and Hollingbourne, o.r Doddington anQ. Lenham. ++++++++++ 23/6/40 -No.14. THE GERMi\N TERMS SID1M.lffiY i'\ND COMMENT. • The following is a si.mnnnry of the armistice tel"ms put forvwrd by Germany and substantially accepted by Mnrshal Petainis Government. Germany will occupy the whole of the Western Coast of France and all territory North of a line from Geneva to Tours. France will pay for the occupation. The French armed forces are to be denobilised and disanned. Only a small force in unoccupied France will be allowed, the size of this force being fixed by Germany and Italy. Germany may der.iand the sUJ:Tend.er in good condition of all artillery, tanks, aircraft and munitions. No French forces may leave French soil, No material may be conveyed to . Great Britain. No French merchant shipping may leave harbour and ships outside France must be recalled. All establishments and stocks ml.1st be handed over intact. The same applies to ports, fortifications, naval yards, railways and communications. All wireless stations in unoccupied territory must stop. The French Government must facilitate transport of merchandise between Germany and. Italy. German prisoners of war must be released> but all French prisoners of war will remain in captivity until peace is signedo The French fleet is to be recalled to French territorial waters and tl\ere to be disarmed and interned under Genno.n and Italian control in ports which the German and Italian Governments will specify. A certain part of the fleet which the German and Italian Governments "will determine will, it is stated, be left free for the safeguard of French interests in the colonial empire. · The armistice vdll enter into force as soon as the French Goverrunent have concluded a similar agreement ~ith the Italian Government. The armistice is valid until peace is signed, but may be denounced at any moment by Germany if the French Government do not fulfil ita The upshot of the armistice terms may be described as follows:­The armistice terms ccmpel France to hand over to Germany her armed forces, her stocks and material, as well as to place the greater part of French territory at the disposal of Germany for the prosecution of the vro.r against Great Britain. The French Government vdll continue to exist on sufferance in a relatively small area, but will be completely dependent on Gerrna~. No clue is given as to terms of peace, but it seems ~lear that Germany has no intention of discussing peace at the present stage. In a word, the terms of the armistice exact the complete capitulation of France. Mo Baudouin, Marshal Petain' s Minister for Foreign Affairs, declared a few days ago that France would not accept humiliating or shameful terms. It is difficult to see how the terms could be more humiliating or what could be more shameful than to hand over territory and material for war against an ally, with whom France has a solenm agreement not to conclude a separate peace. This treaty, as well as M. Baudouin's undertaking, have been violated -oy Marshal Petain1 s Government and their breach of faith is bitterly resented and condemmed, not only by all Frenchmen overseas but also by masses of Frenchmen at home who have been prevented by the action of the Government from following the example given by other victims of German aggression and from continuing their struggle against the common enemy in circumstances which held out go:;d hope of finul victory. Meanwhile, as the Prime Minister has said, Great Britain will cherish the cause of the French people and a British victory is the only possible hope for the restoration of the greatness of France and the freedom of its people. MINISTRY OF INFORMATION (Not to be quoted as source). . '.·• Air Ministry No. 942 AIR MINISTRY COMMUNIQUE Bomber aircraft of the Royal Air Force yesterday (Saturday)delivered a daylight attack on the enemy-occupied aerodrome at Merville~ to the west of Lille. Despite heavy anti-aircraft fire, a series of shallow dive attacks was made on the hangars as well· as on aircraft on the landing ground. During.the day, offensive patrols were flown by our fighters over France, and, as a result of an encounter, one Messerschmitt 110 was shot down, and it is considered that a further six enemu aircraft were probably destroye<;"J.. One of our fighters is missing., It is now established that, in the course of the night attacks on this country by enemy aircraft during last week, two enemy bombers were brought down and destroyed by our balloon barrage~ These two enemy losses are additional to those already reported vs having been inflicted by our fighter aircraft. and anti-aircraft gunfire. ++++++++++++ 23o6r:.4C No 17 )-....:&. ':'-;.;.;,...:..e:--..~.... ~-----­ Untrue reports state that the Belgi.an Government exiled in Portugal has now decided to stop fightingo On the contrary, the war for the liberation of our Fatherland continues and will continue until victory has been attaineda I have come to England to ensure this and am waiting here for those of my colleagues who will ti'Y, as I believe successfully, to join meo I am nobody1 s prisoner9 and as a Minister I deem it necessary to assume the responsibility of office. A responsibilit~r I accept with the bur·ning desi.re of prosecuting the war by the side of our Allies, the British, the Dutch, the Norwegians and the Poleso On the 10th May Belgium was attacked by Gerrnany and appealed to her guarantorso France and Britain responded to that appeal.,Now, in spite of the magnificent heroism of her sons France has been overcome. The British Empire whose help we asked for, continues the struggle, It is clear that the elementary principles of honour indicate to us our duty. Our place is by the side of those who are fighting for the freedom .and independance of the nations., We shall bring to th~m the considerable resources which are still ours in Europe, and in the Congo over which the flag of Eiege and the Yser still flies. Soldiers! Destroy your arms and munitions for you must leave nothing in the enernyts handso Let him have nothing which he might use against those for whose aid we have ourselves appealed Sailors! Le~ve the French ports and make your way to those of the British Empireo Do not abandon the fleet to the enemy, do not add to defeat the disgrace of treason., Those Belgians who are in France I ask to stand by our French friends in the dark daysthrough which their country is passingo France cannot perish nor can she be enslaved. The French Empire is still there and is at our side. This is the time for deeds and not for lamentationo Death rather than slavery~ God will protect Belgium and her Allies. ++++++++++++++-l+-1'-++++++