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...rifts-or lack of them-were as uncertain last week as Vichy's African intentions. And Vichy's attempts to find diplomatic phrases that would satisfy both the London-Washington Axis and Berlin seemed pretty dismal. On the one hand, Washington was assured that Vichy would defend the French Empire "alone, wherever possible." On the other hand, Vichy announced that Germany might get "port facilities and transport privileges" within the scope of the collaboration promised the Nazis at Montoire-sur-le-Loir last year (and never publicly defined). Vichy also allowed its envoy to Paris, Fernand de Brinon...
...from "Fireplace Soldiers" sitting in the comforts of their homes, or officers earning a decent living for the first time in their lives. . . . Believe me, the enlisted men of the National Guard do not want to stay more than a year unless, during that time, it is necessary to defend our shores from invaders...
...Senator had risen to defend Stimson. A Senator's honor had been impugned; "the most exclusive gentlemen's club in the world" felt itself insulted...
...Circular Letter. Spain's Generalissimo Francisco Franco, in a letter sent to all Latin American governments, told how Spain had joined Adolf Hitler's crusade against Communism: 90,000 Spaniards had enlisted in the German crusade, which was continuing to recruit "youths who will go forth to defend Occidental Christian civilization...
...Church is not letting any grass grow between the advancing German troops and the first wave of Catholic missionaries sent out to win the occupied districts of Russia for Catholicism. Since 1927 the Holy See has been training workers at the Russiacum College in Rome to "preach, strengthen and defend the Catholic faith among the Russian people." Last week the Vatican reported that the first batch of missionaries had already reached Hungary and Rumania en route to their new posts in the conquered areas of Russia. Other priests soon will follow...