The Battle of Kharkov Nears a Climax

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On the Russian front, the Battle of Kharkov is nearing a climax. Germans claim that the bulk of the steel city is in their hands, but there's no confirmation of that from Moscow. In the southwest Pacific, MacArthur's bombers are pressing their attack on another Japanese convoy, flying portages report direct hits on anime cargo vessels. In North Africa, Rommel's artillery has

increased its activity in the merit area, while Allied forces have repulsed axis attacks in North Tunisia. But the most important development in that war zone is a speech made by General Giro. For details, Admiral Radio takes you now Now the CBS Algiers, Charles Collingwood reporting.

This is Charles Collingwood, the Allied Corps headquarters in North Africa. And our ago, General Zero, made the most important separation of policy that has been made in North Africa since the capital of the conference.

General Zero's speech was about France. It was also about North Africa. But the heart of the speech was about France, and what was going to happen when France is liberated from German domination. is dry, precise, rather high-pitched voice.

Jiro said, I give the most solemn assurance to the people of France that their sacred right to choose their own provisional government themselves will be fully safeguarded. I assure them that the conditions permitting them to make this choice in lawful order and with their freedoms restored will be guaranteed.