740.0011 European War 1939/25312: Telegram
The Chargé at Tangier (Childs) to the Secretary of State
Tangier, November 8, 1942—6 a.m.
[Received 6:45 a.m.]
[Received 6:45 a.m.]
559. News of American landings in French North Africa was received in Tangier in the early hours of the morning. Up until this hour the situation is entirely normal with no more than normal circulation on the streets.
Telegraph communications continue uninterruptedly, a telegram having been received from the Legation in Lisbon at 4:33 a.m.
Repeated to Madrid.
Childs