Evacuation of All Jews from Occupied France Under Consideration by Nazis and Laval

Evacuation of all Jews from the occupied portion of France to the unoccupied section is under consideration following recent conferences between Otto Abetz, Hitler’s emissary in Paris, and Pierre Laval, new chief of government in Vichy, it is reported here today by Allied diplomatic circles

New and more sever anti-Jewish measures are expected in France very shortly as part of the sweeping purge which Laval is undertaking in an attempt to rid the country of all persons resisting his rule and all potential objectors. The Allied spokesmen ventured the opinion that Xavier Vallat, present Commissar for Jewish Affairs, will be removed by Laval, since it is common knowledge that the Germans are openly critical of his “mild and insufficient measures.”