The ''Office français d'information'' (OFI, ) was the
press agency controlled by the
Vichy regime during the
German occupation.
It was created on 10 December 1940 after the nationalization by the Vichy regime of the information branch of Havas.
Initially based in the (the management in
Vichy and the writers in
Clermont-Ferrand), in 1942 the OFI moved to the Place de la Bourse in Paris.
The OFI worked closely with the (French Press Information Agency) (AFIP), created by the occupation authorities in the former
Havas
Havas NV () is a French multinational corporation, multinational advertising agency, advertising and public relations company, with its registered office and head office in Puteaux, France.
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offices, noted for its
propaganda activity.
Some Havas journalists, opposed to the
collaboration, created the (French Press Agency) in London in August 1940, and in North Africa the Agence France-Afrique in 1942. The
French Resistance created its own clandestine press agency, the (Information and Documentation Agency) (AID).
The OFI was dissolved by the . During the
Paris uprising of August 20, 1944, resistance journalists, including , seized the OFI offices and proclaimed the creation of
Agence France-Presse, which became the agency France-Presse on September 30, 1944.
See also
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Vichy France
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Havas
Havas NV () is a French multinational corporation, multinational advertising agency, advertising and public relations company, with its registered office and head office in Puteaux, France.
Havas operates in more than 100 countries. The group ...
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Agence France-Presse
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News agencies based in France
1940 establishments in France
1944 disestablishments in France