Word: darlan
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...assassination of turncoat Admiral Jean François Darlan, which gave the U.S. a chance to make a clean deal in North Africa, also gave French factionalists a chance to brew a political crisis. Two remarkably candid reports to the U.S. this week suggested that all was far from quiet beneath the top layer of General Henri Honore Giraud's government...
Broadcasting for CBS from Algiers, Charles Collingwood said that Giraud's arrest of twelve alleged co-conspirators in the Darlan case was part of a new struggle for power-"not only over North Africa but over the future of France...
Despite the horror with which the inhabitants of the democratic states righteously regard any cold-blooded murder, Darlan's death has given the Allies a second chance to clear up the political mess which has existed in North Africa since the start of the military campaign. The United States attempted to take the easy way out by cooperating with General Giraud in his accession to the post of High Commissioner in North Africa, but in so doing it neglected to define the still rather anomalous position of General De Gaulle in London...
...that he unconditionally favors the cause of the United Nations. On the contrary, by surrounding himself with such men as pro-Vichy Nogues and Boisson, he has created a definite doubt as to whether he is potentially any less dangerous to the Allied aims than the fascist-opportunist Darlan...
...swung the deal in favor of Giraud was the same man who six weeks ago had forced the acceptance of Admiral Darlan. Astute, pro-Vichy General Auguste Nogues, as Resident General of Morocco, held in his hands the power to keep quiet or arouse the Arab tribes. If he said the wrong words, 60.000 Allied soldiers might have to fight a major military campaign in Morocco's bleak and rocky hills. But Nogues said the right words again. He agreed to recognize General Giraud as the new authority...