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To: Vichy
Dated: May 8, 1942
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Messages Nos: 1834 &amp;amp; 1835

On retrouve dans l'état ... sous la signature de M. (SM) ITH une suggestion présentant une certaine analogie avec celle formulée dans mon tél. 1801. L'auteur, qui prend souvent ses informations dans les milieux officiels précise que si le gouvernement américain juge opportun d'occuper la Martinique et les autres possessions françaises de l'hémisphère occidental, il invoquera pour justifier cette action l'accord intervenu entre les républiques américaines à la conférence de la ... en juillet 1940, mais il précise que si l'amiral ROBERT était en mesure de re... (...) que les colonies placées sous son administration française de cet hémisphère n'auraient plus de raison d'être. Le département d'état n'a pas cru devoir me faire dire ce matin de quelle mission était investi M. ... il est cependant probable que ses représentants demandent à notre haut commissaire aux

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