Office of the Historian

123 M 956/282

The Secretary of State to Mr. Robert D. Murphy

Washington, November 15, 1940.

Sir: Referring to the Department’s instruction of this date91 by which you were directed to return to your post at Vichy, you are now instructed, after your return to your post, to proceed to North Africa and to such other areas as may be necessary to carry out instructions which have been given you verbally.

[Here follows transportation authorization, etc.]

Very truly yours,

For the Secretary of State:
Breckinridge Long
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