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This telegram must be closely                                                                   (Paris) Vichy
 paraphrased before being                                                                      Dated July 28, 1942
communicated to anyone. (SC)                                                                  Rec'd 5:47 p.m.
 
Secretary of State,
Washington.
 
 
1099, July 28, 5 p.m.
 
 Bern's 3431, July 25, 11a.m.
 
We have EndEavored thus far without success to obtain
 
confirmation of the visit of a German Naval Commission
 
to Toulon on July 14. Both the military and Naval Attaches
 
have been given categorical denials of this information by 
 
reliable official contacts. While it is always possible (since 
 
presumably it would have been undertaken with greatest secrecy)
 
that such a vist may have occurred unknown to our informants, it 
 
does not seem likely that it could have been carried out without
 
 the knowledge of some of our reliable sources of information. The statement 
 
attributed to the informant mentioned in Bern's telgram that "France now
 
has 106 submarines" does not coincide with our best information which
 
indicates that the French have only about half this number. We shall
 
continue, however, to follow this closely.
  
    In so far as Darlan is concerned, a member of his staff
 
states that while he is still as anti-British as ever, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
b~_n undErtakEn wit.h grza~-
 
 
may h.~vz occurrid unknown
 
s~m ~.ik~_ly theft it could
 
th~ knowlzdg~ of ,~om‚ of our
 
r~lisbl~ sources of information.. Th~
 
to the i-nfo.rm~nt m~htion~-d in BErn' s
 
now h~s 106 subm2rin~s" do~s
 
information which indicates
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h~lf this number. ~ sh~1!
 
t~l~gram that "France
 
 
not coincide with our best
 
th2t the Fr‚nch hsv~ only about
 
continuE, ho,~,,zv~r, to follow
 
this c!os~ly.
 
st~ff st~t~s that
 
D~rl~n is' conc~rnzd,
 
~ member of his
 
 
anti-British
 
 
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