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740.0011 (E. W.)/11–742: Telegram

The Consul General at Algiers (Cole) to the War Department 43

[Algiers, undated.]
[Received November 5, 1942—8 p.m.]

No. 768. From Murphy. For Leahy. Admiral Darlan arrived Algiers in greatest secrecy by plane today. His son is in dying condition with no hope of recovery. Darlan’s presence here on D–day might be embarrassing but it is believed he will depart before then. [Murphy.]

Cole
  1. Copy supplied by the Office of the Secretary of Defense under cover of letter of September 7, 1960.↩