740.0011 European War 1939/24626: Telegram
The Consul General at Algiers (Cole) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 3—11 a.m.]
644. For Murphy. Boyd73 has been informed by the Christian soldier74 who may be seeking both profit and pleasure that a cable from Rome to the Italian Armistice Commission here has been decoded by his bureau stating that an Anglo-American attack is expected during October against North Africa and for the Italian Commission to arrange for all to leave by the best means possible, Italian Consul General only to remain.
[Page 388]The Saint reports his friends have learned Admiral Darlan is coming here only about October 14 instead of between October 5th and 10th.