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Charles de Gaulle - Britain would fund the Free French, with the bill to be settled after the war

Time: Wednesday Aug 7, 1940

Place: London, England, United Kingdom

Details: De Gaulle and Churchill reached an agreement on 7 August 1940, that Britain would fund the Free French, with the bill to be settled after the war (the financial agreement was finalized in March 1941). A separate letter guaranteed the territorial integrity of the French Empire.

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