740.0011 European War 1939/7070: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in France (Murphy)
831. For Murphy from the Under Secretary. Your 1110, December 10, 10 a.m., and 1112, December 10, 3 p.m. Both the Secretary and I feel that it would be preferable for you not to accept the plane offered to you by Minister Baudouin. We feel it would be more expedient for you to carry out your original plan and proceed to North Africa by commercial transportation. It would seem possible for you to base your refusal of the facilities offered on the ground that your plans and schedule are uncertain and that for that reason you would not wish to make use of a French Government plane for so indefinite a period. [Welles.]