Concern of the United States over the disunity between Generals Giraud and de Gaulle in French North and West Africa; recognition of administrative authority of the French Committee of National Liberation 1

1. For previous correspondence regarding the invasion and occupation of French North Africa and the relations of the United States with Free French Forces, see Foreign Relations, 1942, vol. ii, pp. 429 ff. and 502 ff. For accounts of military cooperation between the United States and the French forces, see Marcel Vigneras, Rearming the French, and George F. Howe, Northwest Africa: Seizing the Initiative in the West, both in the series United States Army in World War II (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1957).


[17] President Roosevelt to the British Prime Minister (Churchill)

Copy obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N.Y. Notation on telegram indicates it was sent also to Lt. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, with second paragraph omitted except for second sentence. General Eisenhower was Commanding General, European Theater of Operations, and Commander in Chief, Allied Expeditionary Force, North Africa.


[18] The Chargé in the United Kingdom (Matthews) to the Secretary of State

740.0011 European War 1939/26856½: Telegram


[19] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Secretary of State

851.01/965


[20] The Secretary of State to the Chargé in the United Kingdom (Matthews)

740.00115 European War 1939/5545: Telegram


[21] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Secretary of State

851.01/983


[22] The British Embassy to the Department of State

851.01/983


[23] The British Embassy to the Department of State

851.01/983


[24] The Chargé in the United Kingdom (Matthews) to the Secretary of State

851R.20/49: Telegram


[27] The Consul General at Algiers (Wiley) to the Secretary of State

851R.01/75: Telegram


[28] The Chargé in the United Kingdom (Matthews) to the Secretary of State

851R.20/49: Telegram


[29] The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Algiers (Wiley)

851R.01/75: Telegram


[30] The Chargé in the United Kingdom (Matthews) to the Secretary of State

851.01/955: Telegram


[31] The Consul General at Algiers (Wiley) to the Secretary of State

740.0011 European War 1939/27641: Telegram


[32] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant)

851.01/981a: Telegram


[33] The Chargé in the United Kingdom (Matthews) to the Secretary of State

851.01/982: Telegram


[34] The Consul General at Algiers (Wiley) to the Secretary of State

740.0011 European War 1939/27782: Telegram


[35] The Consul General at Algiers (Wiley) to the Secretary of State

740.0011 European War 1939/27838: Telegram


[36] The Consul General at Dakar (Barnes) to the Secretary of State

851T.50/22: Telegram


[37] The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Algiers (Wiley)

740.0011 European War 1939/27838: Telegram


[38] The Chargé in the United Kingdom (Matthews) to the Secretary of State

033.4111 Eden, Anthony/1: Telegram


[39] The Consul General at Algiers (Wiley) to the Secretary of State

851R.01/210: Telegram


[40] The Chargé in the United Kingdom (Matthews) to the Secretary of State

851.01/1025: Telegram


[42] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant)

851.01/1013: Telegram


[43] The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Algiers (Wiley)

851.24/3071: Telegram


[44] The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Algiers (Wiley)

851R.01/210: Telegram


[45] The Consul General at Algiers (Wiley) to the Secretary of State

851.24/307½: Telegram


[46] The Chargé in the United Kingdom (Matthews) to the Secretary of State

851.01/1023: Telegram