DEPARTMENT OF STATE
                                
                          WASHI NGTON
                                
                         July 29, 1942.
 
 
MEMORANDUM  FOR THE PRESIDENT
 
 
        Let me call your attention to the attached telegram No. 1099, of July 28, 5 p.m., from our
Charge d'Affaires in Vichy, Mr. Tuck. This telegram refers to the telegram from Bern which
reported, among other things, that Darlan was inclined to favor giving some French submarines to
Germany to be operated by the German naval forces.
 
In accordance with your suggestion, a telegram was sent to Tuck last night asking if he would
endeavor  to ascertain from frlendly sources in Vichy Darlan' s attitude toward turning over
French submarines to the German. The attached telegram is, of course, not a reply to our telegram
of last night, but is a voluntary report from Tuck of his comment on the Bern telegram.
 
Enclosure:
Telegram No. 1099, of July 28, 5 p.m., from Vichy.