Show Vichy Clamps Censorship on Talk Of bf Retain Petain stain West Africa Chief By United Press l' l 1 Vichy France tightened its censorship suddenly Tuesday k night just after an important conference between Chief Chiei i of State t 1 Marshal Henri Philippe Petain and General Pierre Boisson gov gov- ern or r general of Vichy West Africa which includes Dakar I I opposite Brazil Three dispatches sent to the United Press from from Vich Vichy arrived at New York as follows I ir g Vichy Vichy words censored Censored Censored I fr is three miles from Riom where the Vichy government government government govern govern- govern govern- ment staged an indeterminate trial of republican leaders held responsible responsible responsible sible for the collapse of the country country country coun coun- try in 1940 Vichy authorized a bare announcement announcement announcement an an- o that Petain and Boisson Boisson Bois- Bois son had conferred imm immediately after Boisson's arrival by airplane from Dakar Berlin reported later that Boisson Boisson Boisson Bois Bois- son went right from the conference confer conier- ence to an airport where he took tooka a a- plane for Dakar This hasty visit and departure departure departure depar depar- ture caused some sensation here a German dispatch from Vichy said as as' as broadcast by Berlin General General General Gen eral Boisson's quick return to Dakar Dakar Dakar Da Da- kar was seen here as proof that the French government was not overlooking possible concrete backgrounds backgrounds backgrounds back back- grounds which might be behind rumors spread by allied propaganda propaganda propaganda ganda that Germany was trying to obtain permission to send troops to French West Africa It was borne in mind in this connection I that rumor campaigns of this kind kin d have preceded all forceful actions action s which the allied powers have s so so o far undertaken against French pos pos- sessions Denies Troops Arrive Vichy denied Tuesday night that tha t any German troops had arrived arrive d in Dakar or that Germany ha had d demanded bases in Vichy West Wes t Africa A clue to the censoring of th the e dispatches was provided provided provided pro pro- vided by delayed advices in Ne New NewYork NewYork w York that Edouard Herriot president president press dent of the republican chamber o of f deputies Jean Jeanneney president president president dent of the senate and other parliamentary parliamentary parliamentary par par- officers ousted by a a recent Vichy decree met at Chatel Chatel- guyon last week end Though they were long ago dissolved dissolved dissolved dis dis- solved in fact the houses of parliament parliament parliament parlia parlia- ment had maintained an effective e organization which was always a latent threat to Vichy Censoring Interpreted The advices received in Ne New NewYork NewYork w York said the leaders took n no o decisions to resist so that parlia parlia- has ment-has' been wholly eliminated eliminate d as an element in the opposition It seemed possible that the censoring censoring censoring cen cen- of the two dispatches Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day night meant that Vichy did not agree that parliament ha had d been eliminated |