740.0011 European War 1939/4787½
The Secretary of State to the French Ambassador (Saint-Quentin)
Washington, July 16,
1940.
Excellency: The President has asked me to request that Your Excellency be good enough to inform Marshal Pétain that his message of July 4 regarding the naval action at Oran, which you handed personally to the President, has been read with interest.
Accept [etc.]
Cordell Hull