TELEGRAM SENT
 
          DEPARTMENT OF STATE
                         WASHINGTON
 
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and control by observers appointed by the American
 
and Canadian Governments and attached to their respec-
 
tive consulates.
 
        3. The Islands shall be neutralized and de-
 
militarized and shall be considered out of the war.
 
     4. The present Administrator shall be withdrawn
 
for the period of the war; the appointment of an Ad-
 
ministrator shall be withheld for the same period,
 
and the administration of the islands shall be left
 
in the hands of the Consultative Council.
 
     5. All armed forces will be withdrawn.
 
     6. The Canadian and American Governments agree
 
and undertake to continue economic assistance to the
 
inhabitants of the islands and the respective consuls
 
of those countries will confer with the local authori-
 
ties as to the nature of the assistance to be given. 
 
UNQUOTE
 
This formula is in conformity with the commitments
 
given by this Government.
 
     We fully realize the concern and anxiety of the French
 
Government in maintaining the integrity of its colonial