suggested is being put into effect. Any such policy would bring French industry, agriculture and transport, virtually to a standstill, and would not be in the interests of Germany herself. We do, however, agree that there has been a recent increase in the tempo of deportations from France. While previously the object behind Germany's demand on France for men was to relieve shortage of manpower in Germany's war industry, the present demands seem to be also inspired by the desire, for political and security reasons, to remove from France young Frenchmen who are potentially dangerous.