Reel 17429 - Page 0280

Dublin Core

Title

Reel 17429 - Page 0280

Description

OCR text updated to v2 on 2026-01-09 using model mistral-ocr-latest-v2. Previous v1 quality metadata (Quality Score, OCR Confidence, Character Count, Word Count) removed.

Source

https://image-uab.canadiana.ca/iiif/2/69429%2Fc0vm42s6n73p/full/max/0/default.jpg

Date

1941/1945

Rights

Public Domain

Format

image/jpeg

Language

fra

Identifier

t17429_0280

Text Item Type Metadata

Text

From: Vichy
To: Ottawa

Dated: December 26, 1941
Rec'd: December 31, 1941

Message No. 252.

Referring to your telegram No. 448* and to those from you which have been forwarded to me by the Ambassador in Washington.**

Tell the secretary to the Minister of External Affairs that the French Government expects Canada to associate itself with the action of the American Government with a view to accomplishing the return of the territory of St. Pierre and Miquelon.

On the other hand the French Government does not understand what could have brought about in Canada such a situation on such an important sea route.

When the GREENSLADE - ROBERT treaty was being drafted last year with a view to maintaining our control over our American possessions, this friendly treaty was extended to the territory of

(continued)

File No. D-427 Examination Unit
SECRET