740.0011 European War 1939/5960: Telegram
The Consul General at Algiers (Cole) to the Secretary of State
[Received 7 p.m.]
124. General Weygand70 arrived yesterday afternoon to establish headquarters here with a small staff and the title “Delegate General of the (Vichy) Government in French Africa” for the briefly announced purpose of assuring the protection of the French African bloc and furthering its economic prosperity by coordinating the administrative and political action of the Residents and Governors General.
The habitually un-city [sic] population received him with unusual apathy and the atmosphere at the official reception was strained.
- Gen. Maxime Weygand, formerly Minister of National Defense in Marshal Pétain’s Cabinet.↩