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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