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Documents relating to Jean Monnet and his relationship with Felix Frankfurter, Supreme Court Justice, includes: letter to Lord Halifax, British Embassy Washington from Frankfurter in reply to Halifax' queries regarding the integrity of Monnet, says that leading men in the War Department, army, lend-lease administration speak of Monnet in terms of highest esteem and admiration, for his work in the development of our defense programme, "he possesses an extraordinary clarity of mind...large experience in the delicate task of carrying on sucessful collaboration between our two governments", and copy of McCloy's letter to Halifax on the same subject "On reflection I think he has been responsible more than anyone connected with the British mission and I do not exclude Purvis, for the orientation of the men with whom he comes in contact in the War Department, to the primary task which the US must preform if it is to act effectively in the war". - Draft paper on need for greater production to win war. - Note by Monnet to Frankfurter on the question of armaments for the French forces in North Africa. Memo from Algiers on problem of Algerian Jews and abrogation of Cremieux decree. - Information on article in on French economy, which mentions Monnet. Halifax in response to article, writes to Frankfurter "He... in his own way was with such as Harry Hopkins one of the real architects of our victory".

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