740.00112 European War 1939/4017a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Algiers (Cole)
Washington
, January 31, 1942—4 p.m.
29. For Murphy. The French have requested urgent consideration of a quota for tractors, agricultural machinery and automobile spare parts. Before examining this question further, the Department would like to have an estimate of the situation from you, with particular reference to the possibility of any such supplies or their equivalents reaching the Axis forces in Libya.
Hull