December 22, 1941
 
        In Tangier, as everybody knows, and in all of Morocco, we have
 
treaty rights which existed to meet the Treaty of Algeciras, etc. We
 
have a Minister in Tangier who is the only Minister with diplomatic rank
 
(others d have consular rank. ) Our Minister is, of course, accredited to
 
the Sultan of Morocco, in Rabat, and we recognize the French Resident
 
only as the Sultan's Foreign Minister, and we have never recognized the
 
Franco-Spanish Treaty of 1912 by which the French gave the Spaniards 
 
their protectorate. In other words, we stand on the Treaty of Algeciras 
 
and our rights in all of Morocco, Spanish and French, and Tangier, which 
 
in our eyes are all still a unit. And I see no reason why, if we are to
 
attempt action against Tangier, we shouldn't see to it that we are
 
called upon by the Sultant defend the  integrity of his empire, which, 
 
of course, is sorely menaced by the Germans and their stooges, the
 
Spanish. And, as the State Department realizes, the Germans and the
 
Spaniards are grooming the former Sultan, who is in Tangier, Abdul Aziz,
 
to supplant the present Sultan in the event of a German-Spanish attack.
 
     Of course, the Sultan is only a creature of the French, and is
 
entirely in the hands of General Nogues, the French Resident in Rabat. 
 
As the State Department knows, General Nogues was appointed by Blum's
 
Popular Front Government. He has been under fire from Vichy. Weygand
 
hated him, because Weygand was afraid that Nogues, Free Mason and reputed 
 
liberal, had strong British sympathies.
 
     Nogues is, of course, an opportumist, and gives lip service to Vichy.
 
However, to keep himself in power, he has had to exploit his relationship
 
with the Sultan. The Sultan adores him, and whenever Weygand appeared
 
in Morocco, the Sultan in his official greetings always managed to mention
 
Nogues as being the personification of France. Obviously, to have the