(Untitled), 27 Aug 1941
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/42A/26
Scope and Contents
Telegram from Minister of State, Middle East [Oliver Lyttelton, later 1st Lord Chandos] to WSC advising that Djibouti [French Somaliland] will not surrender to the British unconditionally and to exclude the Free French from any deal would break General Sir Archibald Wavell [former Commander-in-Chief, Middle East]'s written promise to General Charles de Gaulle [Chief of Free French].
Dates
- Creation: 27 Aug 1941
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English
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Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 336087
archives@chu.cam.ac.uk