Memorandum: Elements for Consideration in the French North African Situation
Description
44 page combined memorandum, originally labeled SECRET, from within a folder of Robert Murphy’s office files labeled “Allied Operations Dec. 1941-July 1942”. Includes Table of Contents. Includes information from December 1941.
Notable headings: Summary of the Situation, Exceptional Measures, Attitude of the United States, French Africa as a Theater of Operations, Means Necessary for North Africa in Order to Resist German Aggression (nine sub-headings), Political Questions, Propaganda, Arab Policy, General Andre Giraud, Small Arms Supply, French Personalities Included in Movement, Present Military Situation in North Africa, Armament, Provisional Quotas for Imports into French North Africa