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851R.00/490: Telegram

The Consul General at Algiers (Wiley) to the Secretary of State

Algiers, April 30, 1943—6 p.m.
[Received May 1—12:27 p.m.]

758. From Murphy. Your 792, April 26, 1 p.m.59 I discussed this matter with General Giraud who expressed the desire to cooperate with us in every way practicable. He emphasized the considerations presented in my 729, April 28, 5 [4] p.m., regarding the urgent necessity to solve the problem presented by approximately 15,000 French refugees in Spain.

Mogador offers certain advantages, but several sites might be considered.

With the necessity of dealing first with the problem of French refugees in Spain in the light of the acute shipping problem involved, there seems little possibility of dealing with the question of these additional refugees for some months to come. [Murphy.]

Wiley
  1. Not printed; it requested that Mr. Murphy ask General Eisenhower to seek the consent of General Giraud to the suggestion made in Department’s telegram No. 774, p. 205, and asked if Mogador would be a practical solution (851R.00/497a).↩