Paul Reynaud, 87, who was premier when German armies crushed France in 1940, died early Wednesday at the American Hospital after an operation. Reynaud's political career spanned almost half a century, but most of the drama was packed into the three months he served as premier from March to June in 1940. During that time his previous predictions of disaster came true as French forces disintegrated in the face of the German armored attack.

Photo is dated 1966.

Photo measures 6.75 x 9 inches.