740.0011 European War 1939/10280: Telegram
The Chargé at Tangier (Childs) to the Secretary of State
[Received 7:48 p.m.]
115. The British Consul General28 is informed by a trustworthy French source in the French Zone that 18 German military members of the Armistice Commission arrived in Casablanca on April 18 and 19 in two German Heinkel–112 machines. The party is said to have included a colonel of aviation and quite a number of aviation officers. A considerable further number is expected momentarily.
The French authorities are stated to have requisitioned four villas for their accommodation at Anfa and have also taken over a large hotel, the Miramar, at Fedalla.
The same source reports that the Germans are furious at the idea of supplies arriving from the United States and that they are taking measures to obstruct their distribution.
Repeated to Casablanca and Vichy.
- A. D. F. Gascoigne.↩