Show J French to Blast Harbor I Railroad oad at VICHY Unoccupied France Nov Nov 11 MP P-Col P Colonial I-Colonial nial Secretary Rene Platon returned to Vichy by plane Tuesday aft after r a hasty trip to and declared France had decided to blow up the railway raHway and harbor works works at at the Somali Somali- land port bettors before surrendering surrendering- it to the British Platon failed to Indicate when when the surrender to which he referred referred referred re re- re- re would take place A representative df t the colonial ministry Monday said the surrender surrender surrender der of was imminent because because because be be- cause it had been subjected to a aUght tight British blockade and it is impossible to hold on when there is nothing to eat cat Platon said the decision to destroy destroy de de- de stroy the communications was in defiance of British warnings that anyone carrying out i such uch an order would L When the French Informed the I British of the decision to blow blow up up the railway and harbor works R RAF A F fliers dropped leaflets warnIng warning warn warn warn- I ing g that execution of ot the order would d bring severe action Platon Paton said |