Office of the Historian

Concern of the United States over the disunity between Generals Giraud and de Gaulle in French North and West Africa; recognition of administrative authority of the French Committee of National Liberation 1

1. For previous correspondence regarding the invasion and occupation of French North Africa and the relations of the United States with Free French Forces, see Foreign Relations, 1942, vol. ii, pp. 429 ff. and 502 ff. For accounts of military cooperation between the United States and the French forces, see Marcel Vigneras, Rearming the French, and George F. Howe, Northwest Africa: Seizing the Initiative in the West, both in the series United States Army in World War II (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1957).

[17] President Roosevelt to the British Prime Minister (Churchill)

Washington, January 1, 1943.

Copy obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N.Y. Notation on telegram indicates it was sent also to Lt. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, with second paragraph omitted except for second sentence. General Eisenhower was Commanding General, European Theater of Operations, and Commander in Chief, Allied Expeditionary Force, North Africa.

[18] The Chargé in the United Kingdom (Matthews) to the Secretary of State

London, January 1, 1943—1 p.m.
[Received January 1—11:05 a.m.]

740.0011 European War 1939/26856½: Telegram

[19] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Secretary of State

[Washington,] January 5, 1943.

851.01/965

[20] The Secretary of State to the Chargé in the United Kingdom (Matthews)

Washington, January 5, 1943—11 p.m.

740.00115 European War 1939/5545: Telegram

[21] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Secretary of State

[Washington,] January 7, 1943.

851.01/983

[22] The British Embassy to the Department of State

Washington , January 7, 1943.

851.01/983

[23] The British Embassy to the Department of State

Washington , January 7, 1942 [1943].

851.01/983

[24] The Chargé in the United Kingdom (Matthews) to the Secretary of State

London, January 8, 1943—6 p.m.
[Received 10:05 p.m.]

851R.20/49: Telegram

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

Algiers, January 12, 1943—8 p.m.
[Received January 13—7:56 p.m.]

851R.01/75: Telegram

[28] The Chargé in the United Kingdom (Matthews) to the Secretary of State

London, January 15, 1943—9 p.m.
[Received January 15—7 p.m.]

851R.20/49: Telegram

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

Washington, January 16, 1943—8 p.m.

851R.01/75: Telegram

[30] The Chargé in the United Kingdom (Matthews) to the Secretary of State

London, January 20, 1943—8 p.m.
[Received January 20—7:30 p.m.]

851.01/955: Telegram

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

Algiers, February 1, 1943—noon.
[Received February 2—7:51 a.m.]

740.0011 European War 1939/27641: Telegram

[32] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant)

Washington, February 3, 1943—10 p.m.

851.01/981a: Telegram

[33] The Chargé in the United Kingdom (Matthews) to the Secretary of State

London, February 4, 1943—9 p.m.
[Received 11:16 p.m.]

851.01/982: Telegram

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

Algiers, February 6, 1943—6 p.m.
[Received February 7—11:45 p.m.]

740.0011 European War 1939/27782: Telegram

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

Algiers, February 9, 1943—6 p.m.
[Received February 10—10:12 a.m.]

740.0011 European War 1939/27838: Telegram

[36] The Consul General at Dakar (Barnes) to the Secretary of State

Dakar, February 15, 1943—1 p.m.
[Received February 164:39 a.m.]

851T.50/22: Telegram

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

Washington, February 15, 1943—11 p.m.

740.0011 European War 1939/27838: Telegram

[38] The Chargé in the United Kingdom (Matthews) to the Secretary of State

London, February 16, 1943—2 p.m.
[Received February 16—11:25 a.m.]

033.4111 Eden, Anthony/1: Telegram

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

Algiers, February 18, 1943—4 p.m.
[Received 7:20 p.m.]

851R.01/210: Telegram

[40] The Chargé in the United Kingdom (Matthews) to the Secretary of State

London, February 18, 1943—11 p.m.
[Received 11:23 p.m.]

851.01/1025: Telegram

[42] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant)

Washington, February 19, 1943—7 p.m.

851.01/1013: Telegram

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

Washington, February 20, 1943—5 p.m.

851.24/3071: Telegram

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

Washington, February 20, 1943—11 p.m.

851R.01/210: Telegram

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

Algiers, February 20, 1943—midnight.
[Received February 21—7:05 p.m.]

851.24/307½: Telegram

[46] The Chargé in the United Kingdom (Matthews) to the Secretary of State

London, February 22, 1943—8 p.m.
[Received 9:55 p.m.]

851.01/1023: Telegram