DRAFT OF COMMUNIQUE WHICH WOULD BW ACCEPTED
                      BY GENERAL DE GAULLE
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1.    The islands are French and will remain French.
 
 
2.  The present Administrator shall be withdrawn;
 
the Administration of the islands shall be exercised by
 
 the Consultative Council.
 
3.              The above-mentioned Council wil will agree to the
 
appointment of Canadian and United States' officials to assist
 
 them in the operation of the wireless stations on the islands in the
 
 common  interest of the Allies.
 
4.           The Free Franch National Committee inform His
 
Majesty's  Government in the United Kingdom that they never
 
intended that ships of the Free French Naval forces should remain in
 
 the islands, and that these ships will shortly resume their normal duties 
 
of attacking the enemy  wherever they may find him.
 
5.           The Canadian and American Government agree and
 
undertake to continue economic assistance to the inhabitants
 
of the islands, and the respective Consuls of those
 
countries will conifer with the local authorities as to the
 
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