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This is Paris at midnight. It’s been a great day for the moving and packing industry in Paris. At the time of the battle of the Marne in 1914 the Germans were equally close to the city. I don’t know how many more radio broadcasts can be made from the Paris... (transmission ends)
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Hello CBS; hello NBC. This is William C. Kirker now carrying on. Hitler himself was the first one to arrive as soon as the French plenipotentiaries entered the dining car. By the by, the number of that car is D2604. And as soon as Adolf Hitler stood up to greet the French delegates, by giving the Nazi salute, Herr von Ribbentrop and Rudolf Hess followed suit while Field Marshal Göring and Grand Admiral von Raeder raised their baton, leaving Colonel General von Brauchitsch and von Keitel as the only ones to give the military salute. The French gentlemen themselves in kind, greeted with a military salute and all those present wore uniforms except monsieur Noel who was attired in smart civilian clothes. He, himself, was quite a contrast to the glittering uniforms which surrounded him. However, undeterredly he took his place almost facing Herr Hitler who was sitting at the opposite side of that long green table with his back towards the statue of General Foch. Well, it was 21 years and 8 months ago that Compiègne was the scene of the signing of an armistice, and today we are right here on the very same spot, it is the same car which was used that time, the same table, the same chairs, only this time everything is reversed. Where Marshall Foch sat that time, now Hitler sat. Where the German delegates had there place, the French plenipotentiaries are seated. Everything is reversed. Then it was Germany who was asking for an armistice, and now it is France.
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