PM                                Algiers
This telegram must be 
closely paraphrased be-                 Dated August 24, 1941
fore being communicated
to anyone.  (SC)                        Rec'd 4:45 p.m.
 
Secretary of State, 
     Washington.
 
     428, August 24, 10 a.m., (SECTION TWO).
     
     Weygand said he did not know whether the French
Government could persuade the Germans that Requin
would be satisfactory.
     General Weygand, you know, follows American
policy as closely as he can.  He is, of course, 
exceedingly interested in the future of our relations
with the German Governement and what effect any change 
of those relations might have on Franco-American
relations.  I am convinced that he has long since
made up his mind that the American card is the one
to play.  During the course of our last conversation
he inquired again whether there might hbe a possibility
of the United States assuming the role of a belligerent
in the war with Germany.  I replied that I had no futher news 
on this subject other than the President's 
public statements, but that I often wondered whether
relations between the United States and Germany might be broken off.
                    COLE