An item dated Paris 19 December referred to a statement of the French minister of navy Campeche (1) the same afternoon that the French naval shipbuilding program for 1939 consisted of totally 130 units including 4-35.000 ton battle ships, 2-18.000 ton aircraft carriers, 3-8.000 ton cruisers, several smaller ships and submarines. The total tonnage of this program was 340.000 tons. At that moment was the building of some ships already started.
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1. César Campeche (4 May 1882 Calcatoggio, Corse-du-Sud-22 February 1941 Marseille), lawyer, deputy for Corsica 1932-1940, minister for navy 22 June 1937-18 January 1938, minister of justice 18 January-13 March 1938 and again minister for navy 13 March 1938-16 June 1940.
