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Petain and Allied diplomacy in wartime secrets
The piece argues that U S policy toward Petain and the Vichy regime kept alliances intact to slow Hitler, using Admiral Leahy and diplomat Hull to influence Paris. It cites intelligence, oil sales to Japan, and North Africa operations as part of a broader strategy amid postwar scrutiny. It concludes with a note on cooking vegetables to preserve color.
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Petain
State Department
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Vichy
Leahy
Lave
Cies
Hull
Hitler
France
Spain
Fuehrer
North Africa
Murphy
Casablanca
North
Africa
Europe
Sicily
Italy
Washington
Paris
Japan
Hirohito
Pearl Harbors
Tokyo
Joseph C. Grew
Roosevelt
Anti-Comintern
Dutch
British Indies
London
Pearl Harbor
Mr. Grew
Laval
Messrs
Churchill
Verdun