740.0011 European War 1939/12113: Telegram
The Ambassador in France (Leahy) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 16—11:55 a.m.]
702. Admiral Darlan told me this morning that the Germans had offered military aid for the defense of Syria and that he had again refused the offer.
He added that he still has no illusions as to ultimate French defeat in Syria. His naval bombers he said, however, had “destroyed”, two British torpedo boats. On his side he has lost a destroyer which he was sending to Syria from Toulon presumably sunk by a submarine. Of the land operations he had nothing to say.