FRENCH AFRICA
SUPPLIES FROM USA.
EXPLANATION OF POLICY
NEW YORK, September 23,
\ The "New York Herald Tribune" says that the State Department is allowing French North Africa to obtain 50,000,000 dollars' worth of United States materials a year. It hopes thereby to bolster the morale of General "Weygand's army and increase its independence of Axis supplies.
The goods include food but no war materials. ■ :
The State Department is unfreezing 12,000,000 dollars for this purpose every three months and also 2,400,000 dollars every three months for supplies to the island of Martinique. The State Department admits that this is a gamble because the supplies might be used against the democracies.
The Vichy Ambassador- in Washington, M. Henry Haye, told Mr. Sumner Welles, U.S. Under-Secretary of State, that Vichy does- not intend to allow the use of Dakar as a base to invade the United States.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 75, 25 September 1941, Page 9
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144FRENCH AFRICA Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 75, 25 September 1941, Page 9
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