681.006/76
The Chargé in Morocco (Doolittle) to the Secretary of State
No. 1530
Tangier, February 14,
1940.
[Received March 5.]
Sir: In further reference to despatch No.
1523, which transmitted a copy of the French Residency General’s
reply dated January 9, 1940, to Mr. Blake’s Note of September 18,
1939, formulating reservations in respect of wartime legislation in
French Morocco, I now have the honor to enclose herewith copies of
the French text, and English translation, of the French Residency
General’s acknowledgment, dated February 8, 1940, of Mr. Blake’s
further Note of January 9, 1940, drawn up in pursuance of the
Department’s Instruction No. 1054 of December 4, 1939, (File No.
681.006/67) on the same subject.
Respectfully yours,
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[Enclosure—Translation]
The Secretary General of the French Residency
General in Morocco (Morize) to the American Diplomatic Agent and Consul General at
Tangier (Blake)
Mr. Diplomatic Agent: By letter of 9th
January last, you have been good enough to give me certain
complementary information concerning the reservations which you
had formulated, under date of September 18, 1939, with regard to
the application in the French Zone of Morocco of the various
commercial and financial measures taken, since the commencement
of hostilities.
In this connection I can only confirm the terms of my letter of
January 9, in which I had the honor to define the character of
these measures and the spirit in which the Shereefian Government
contemplates applying them.
I add that the Residency General has taken note of the new
considerations which you have been good enough to set forth in
the second part of your aforementioned letter.
Please accept [etc.]