Word: morocco
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Present. From Boisson and Darlan the British, through Admiral Cunningham, wanted: 1) permission to use Dakar as a base against Nazi U-boats in the South Atlantic; 2) use of French Fleet units at Dakar. From Darlan in particular, Eisenhower wants the status quo maintained in Morocco and Algeria so that there will be no transport interruptions or rear-guard threats to Allied forces now attacking Tunisia...
...week's end there was no agreement on use of the fleet units at Dakar. But Allied navies were given permission to use the port. Neighboring airfields were thrown open as transit points. There was evidence that the status quo in Morocco and Algeria was stabilized. The price: recognition of Darlan as head of the French State and his new "imperial council" as the repository of French sovereignty...
NORTH AFRICA--American tanks and British infantry are consolidating their positions on ground re-won in the bitter tank battle of Tebourba, official dispatches said tonight, and the Morocco radio reported the Allies were laying down a fierce big gun barrage against Axis lines while building up for a knock-out punch in Tunisia...
...above remarks are those of a man who returned three months ago from France via Morocco, after a close and firsthand analysis of events and people in Vichyfrance since the armistice...
...with two swans on a leash, and fed on rooster combs and champagne. She became a French citizen in 1937 when she married a wealthy young manufacturer and amateur flyer named Jean Lion-her second husband, first white one. After the master race moved into France she moved to Morocco, and was reported to have died broke...