Office of the Historian

740.00112 European War 1939/6778: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Chargé in France (Tuck)

Washington, October 26, 1942—8 p.m.

656. Your 1432, September 27, 7 p.m. With reference to the last paragraph of Laval’s note dated September 26, the Embassy is now authorized to confirm that a petroleum program has been approved for French North Africa, consisting of a quarterly quota of 40,000 tons, broken down as follows: kerosene, 15,000 tons; low grade gasoline, 10,000 tons; low grade gas oil and diesel oil, 10,000 tons; low grade heavy fuels, 5,000 tons. Any quota assigned is subject to change.

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It is understood that the French Government will use the tankers Limousin and Lorraine in this service, the departure of a tanker from waters of the Western Hemisphere taking place at the same time as the entry into the same waters of the tanker from Casablanca.

Please repeat to Algiers, Casablanca and Tunis.

Hull