80 years later, the oath of former spies

Just as the followers of woke culture try to deconstruct memory by debunking statues, in defiance of history, spies are remembering and celebrating a major chapter in a history that is both glorious and unrecognized. This Friday, the Amicale des Anciens des Services Special de la Défense Nationale (ASSDN) will meet in Bon-Encontre, near Agen, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of an oath, pronounced on June 25, 1940 (day of the (entry into force of the armistice) by agents of the French intelligence and counter-espionage services: clandestinely continue the fight against Nazi Germany until the liberation of the homeland. There, about sixty "grognards", from the special war services, the General Directorate of External Security (DGSE), the Military Intelligence Directorate (DRM),but also the former Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DST), depending on the Ministry of the Interior, or even the National Directorate

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