740.00118 European War 1939/490a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul at Leopoldville (Mallon)
Washington, August 8,
1941—8 p.m.
Colonel Harry F. Cunningham, Infantry, has been detailed as a Military Observer to French Equatorial Africa, and will depart at an early date. Please extend appropriate assistance and grant him facilities for sending information to War Department by code.
Hull