Office of the Historian

740.0011 European War 1939/9193: Telegram

The Consul General at Algiers (Cole) to the Secretary of State

Algiers, March 20, 1941—2 p.m.
[Received 4:10 p.m.]

94. German bombers based Spanish Morocco now escorting French cargo ships from Nemours en route France. German observers continue to arrive en route Morocco with travel permits signed by Darlan96a personally.

Destroyer reported my 79, March 8, 4 p.m.97 has left.

Cole
  1. Adm. Jean François Darlan, Vice President of the French Council of Ministers, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Navy, and Interior.↩
  2. Not printed.↩