611.8131/66: Telegram
The Chargé in France (Murphy) to the Secretary of State
Vichy, December 10, 1940—3 p.m.
[Received 4:22 p.m.]
[Received 4:22 p.m.]
1112. Your 789, December 2, 10 p.m. It now appears that I shall be able to proceed by air from Vichy directly to North Africa. This will afford a considerable saving of time. I will notify the Department of the date of departure.
I am requesting Lisbon to endeavor to convey the memorandum in question to me here or at Casablanca, but as this might not prove practicable I should be grateful if the Department would telegraph the gist of the memorandum to me here.
Murphy