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File pertaining to the organisation and administration of the civil affairs programme for France on basis of collapse of enemy without scorching, involved the arrangements for stockpiling of French colonial production for the relief of metropolitan France after liberation, with details of who US should deal with in absence of Government, includes, memo concerning Herve Alphand and René Mayer's acceptance that for initial six months after liberation the relief and supply programme for the civilian population would be organised and administered by the Allied forces. - Letter from Jean Monnet, Commissioner for Supplies and Reconstruction, to McCloy, Chairman of Combined Civil Affairs Committee, regarding lack of information being forwarded to France on issue of supplies at time of liberation, thus it hadn't been possible for him to bring any useful contribution to the preparation of the work concerning France. Memo concerning decision not to divulge to Jean Monnet any information on matter of supplies. - Memorandum on need for organisation of emergency relief squads to help in providing immediate aid to the French civilian population. - Letter from CAD to Jean Monnet, June 1944 regarding estimates of needs for France and the availability of ships, known as Plan "A". Correspondence between Jean Monnet and CAD regarding adjustments to this Plan to Plan "B" estimates. - Extract of first emergency non-military programme for France. - Minutes of meetings of the 4-Party Committee on supplies for liberated and conquered territories regarding tonnage, emergency supplies and Jean Monnet's French civilian import porgramme. - Proclmation regarding supplemental Franc currency. - Information on Charles de Gaulle's plans to return to France before an agreement on lend-lease and reciprocal aid signed, SHAEF didn't see any problems. - Press statement on results of US-French negotiations on lend-lease and reverse lend-lease aid to France. Logistical problems for SHAEF in planning the landing and transportation of civilian supplies for transportation. - Letters from Jean Monnet to McCloy seeking balance of Plan "A" supplies. - CFNL request through the 4-Party Committee that military responsibility for the importation of relief supplies excepting coal and petroleum products be terminated and that from April 1945 the French Provisional Government could assume full responsibility for the procurement and shipment of civilian supplies for France. - Summary by Jean Monnet for General Hilldring, Director of CAD, on currency

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