More eloquent than any indictment of Vichy influence in North Africa was a list of prisoners released by the Giraud Government last week. They were arrested last December after Admiral Jean Francois Darlan was assassinated. The list included :
> Jacques Brunei, former mayor of Algiers, in whose home Lieut. General Mark W. Clark met French patriots before the invasion.
> Henri, José and Raphael Albouquer. One of these three brothers captured a post office and telephone exchange for the Americans. Another served as guide for a successful American mission. The third acted as interpreter for U.S. officers.
> Ex-Police Commissioner Esquerre,...
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