The man behind the scenes in North Africa realized that the time had come to say something. "The events of the last week," said U.S. Minister Robert Murphy, "marked a definite departure from the Vichy form of Government." The definite departure amounted to a reorganization of General Henri Honoré Giraud's administration, giving supreme power to the old soldier, but also opening a chink through which Fighting Frenchmen might some day enter.
Murphy said that the Allies were anxious to create a healthy political atmosphere in North Africa. But were not General Giraud's new powers just a trifle dictatorial? Well, said Murphy, backed...
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