Agreement reached in Algiers and Castillo surrenders to new leader

Agreement reached in Algiers and Castillo surrenders to new leader

Article 1. Times headlines: agreement reached in Algiers, a committee for national liberation, central French authority over freed territory, intensified war effort. Article 2. Observer headlines: Castillo surrenders to new leader, Argentine's pro-axis president and his cabinet resign.

1943-06-04

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THE TIMES FRIDAY JUNE 4 1943

AGREEMENT REACHED IN ALGIERS

A COMMITTEE FOR NATIONAL LIBERATION

CENTRAL FRENCH AUTHORITY OVER FREED TERRITORY

INTENSIFIED WAR EFFORT

Agreement was reached in Algiers yesterday on the constitution of a French Executive Committee. Under the name of the French Committee for National Liberation it consists of General Giraud and General de Gaulle as presidents, Generals Catroux and Georges, and MM. Massigli, Philip, and Monnet.

It was officially announced that the committee constituted a French central power with authority over all French territories freed from the enemy and over all French forces. It assumed the management of French interests throughout the world and the direction of the French war effort.

THE OBSERVER, SUNDAY, JUNE 6, 1943

Castillo Surrenders to New Leader

Argentina’s Pro-Axis President and His Cabinet Resign

Dr. Castillo, pro-Axis President of Argentina, last night surrendered to the revolutionary forces. It was officially announced in Buenos Aires that he had arrived at La Plata, a few miles down the river from the capital, and that he and his Cabinet had resigned. Dr. Castillo was released after signing his resignation.

At the same time five of his Cabinet, who fled with him in the Argentine minesweeper Drummond on Friday night, were said to be flying back to Buenos Aires from Montevideo, the Uruguayan capital where they had landed during the afternoon.