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FOREIGN OFFICE, S.W.I.
(Z 10169/16/6-)
December, 1941.
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I enclose two copies of a letter which General
Doyen, the former head of the French Delegation to the
Armistice Commission at Wiesbaden, addressed to Admiral
Darlan on the 16th July last.      Dupuy obtained this
document when he was at Vichy a few months a^o, but it
has only recently reached London.      Dupuy gave a copy
to Matthews at the time., and he believes that Matthews
sent a copy to the State Department.      In case he did not,
you might let them have one of the enclosed copies.
There is much of interest in the letter, and the
conclusion bears out what I suggested to you the other
day, namely that the Americans are in a position to be
as tough as they like with Vichy without running the risk
of the latter breaking off diplomatic relations.
F.R.Hoyer Millar, Esq., C.M.G. , C.V.O