740.00115 Pacific War/179: Telegram
The Consul at Nouméa (MacVitty) to the Secretary of State
Nouméa, February
17, 1942—5 p.m.
[Received February 17—9:50 a.m.]
[Received February 17—9:50 a.m.]
22. The High Commissioner, in connection with the probable defence of New Caledonia by United States forces, requests that he be assured that the American Government recognizes that French sovereignty of the French Pacific possession is exercised by General de Gaulle’s70 Comité National Frangais. Also whether an attack by Vichy adherents from Indochina in joint action with the Japanese would be resisted by the American forces.
MacVitty
- Gen. Charles de Gaulle, President of the National Committee of the Free French at London.↩