HC Deb 23 July 1942 vol 382 cc172-3
46. Mr. Stokes

asked the Prime Minister whether any offer was made by the Free French in connection with the invasion of Madagascar?

Mr. Attlee

My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister is not prepared to disclose consultations between His Majesty's Government and Fighting France upon operations.

Mr. Stokes

May I ask my right hon. Friend whether a report, current in America, that an offer made by Fighting France to organise a bloodless rising in Madagascar with the assistance of the Fighting French Forces in East Africa—an offer which was turned down by His Majesty's Government—has any foundation?

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