Salt Lake Telegram | 1946-12-23 | Page 3 | French Seal off Saar Area to Save Foods |

Type	issue
Date	1946-12-23
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
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Article Title	French Seal off Saar Area to Save Foods
Type	article
Date	1946-12-23
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	3
OCR Text	Show FRENCH SEAL OFF SAAR AREA TO SAVE FOODS SAARBRUECKEN, Doe. 23 (UP) Twelve hundred French customs guards sealed oft the But from the adjacent German states Monday In a move described de-scribed officially as aimed at safeguarding - the Saarland's food supplies and halting Illegal money traffic. The guards began moving Into the Baar 8unday. The move had been forecast by the French press last week. It was announced officially by Gen. Pierre Koenig, commander of the French occupation sone. Koenig said the object was to prevent the export of foodstuffs from the Baar and to bring under un-der control the Illicit traffic In money.
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