3. A month ago some Frenchmen believed Darlan traitorous. If at any time Petain can be convinced that this is so, he will treat him like Laval. Meanwhile, Darlan's actions following the British invasion of Syria have given cause to wonder whether he may not secretly be playing some mysterious game of his own. He categorically refused the German demand to launch the French Fleet against England or to use it to escort reinforcements for Syria and persuaded the Germans to regard the total loss of Syria as inevitable.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- England France Great Britain Iraq Libya Madagascar Syria Vichy France
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/103/15
- Document Types
- Report
- File Reference
- CAB 81/103
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0103.015
- Keywords
- Vichy Regime French Politics Anglo-french Relations Public Opinion Nazi Sympathisers Free French Informants
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Joint Intelligence Staff
- Pages
- 5
- Persons Discussed
- Charles de Gaulle Phillipe Pétain Stephen Shoosmith
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- International Relations
