851.01/848

The Delegation of the French National Committee in the United States to the Department of State

[Translation]

Referring to its note of May 18, the Delegation of the French National Committee in the United States has the honor to send herewith to the Department of State, by order of the National Committee, the text of a Memorandum53 which defines and elaborates the views already expressed in the above-mentioned note on the conditions of Combatant France in the question concerning the war status of the French possessions in America.

Copy of this communication has been sent to Ambassador Drexel Biddle55 in London.

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  2. Ambassador to the Polish Government in Exile at London and Minister to the Governments in Exile at London of Czechoslovakia, Greece, the Netherlands, Norway, and Yugoslavia.