740.0011 European War 1939/15558: Telegram
The Chargé at Tangier (Childs) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 2—2:15 p.m.]
315. When I passed through Rabat Monday on my return to Tangier General Noguès who had invited me to informal lunch expressed concern about the delay in the departure of the vessels functioning under the economic accord. He stated the holding up of the vessels here was due [to] the machinations of the Germans and particularly Auer, now in Germany, who was furious over the prestige we were gaining from the economic accord.
Noguès was more cheerful than I have ever found him, a reflection presumably of his strengthened personal situation following his visit to Vichy and apparently of his conviction that our increasing efforts and Russian resistance had spelled the doom of a German victory.
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Referring to the strict French measures against French and Moors consorting with the German or Italian Armistice Commissions, Noguès commented “We had to show them that we are masters in Morocco and not the Germans”.
Repeated to Vichy, Algiers and Casablanca.