Office of the Historian

840.48 Refugees/7–1244: Telegram

The Chargé at Algiers (Chapin) to the Secretary of State

Algiers, July 12, 1944—6 p.m.
[Received 11:30 p.m.]

2371. For WRB from Murphy. Reference my 1937, June 10, 9 [1] p.m. In connection with proposed establishment of refugee camp near Philippeville reply has now been received from French authorities accepting in principle Allied proposal for establishment of such camp and suggesting the setting up of a commission composed of representatives of the Inter-Allied General Staff, of representatives of the FCNLP15 and eventually a representative of Yugoslav Government, which would establish without delay rules and regulations for administration of the refugees for duration of their stay in North Africa and establish conditions under which Allied authorities will coordinate with French authorities all arrangements necessary in connection with lodging, feeding and maintenance of such refugees. [Murphy.]

Chapin
  1. The French Committee of National Liberation, which assumed the title of the Provisional Government of the French Republic on June 3, 1944.↩