862t.01/117a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in France (Wallace)
1106. The Department is receiving telegrams and letters protesting against the use by France of African troops in German occupied territory. Please give your opinion of the truth of accusations against conduct of these troops. If you consider the accusations well founded, advise the Department what representations you think should be made to the French Government on the subject. The Department does not desire to lend too credulous an ear to the sensational reports we receive, and yet the French Government may be much interested to know that such reports are persistent, have a harmful effect on public opinion, and are not refuted fully.