241. Editorial Note
On March 20, the French and Tunisian Governments concluded a Protocol of Agreement recognizing Tunisian independence. United States recognition was extended on March 22. For text of a message of that date from Consul General Morris N. Hughes to the Bey of Tunis, see American Foreign Policy: Current Documents, 1956, page 726. The text of a message of the same date from Ambassador Douglas Dillon to the French Foreign Ministry is ibid.