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Document, Service Historique de La Defense, Chateau de Vincennes, Paris, France

Letter stamped Confidential and dated 6th December 1943, regarding the organisation of Special Services, from Henri Giraud, Commander in Chief of French Armed Forces, to General de Gaulle, President of the Comite d'Action en France, who jointly set up the Comite Francais de la Liberation Nationale, or French Committee of National Liberation or CFLN, a provisional government of Free France, from the collection of the Service Historique de La Defense, at the Chateau de Vincennes, Vincennes, Paris, France. The collection includes documents of the Vichy government detailing spying activities of the French Secret Services on the German Nazi regime. The Centre Historique des Archives at Vincennes forms part of the SHD, which stores the archives of the Ministry of Defence and its armed forces. It was set up by decree in 2005. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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1940s 1943 20th century 6th December 1943 archive Centre Historique des Archives CFLN CHA Charles de Gaulle Chateau de Vincennes color colour Comite Francais de la Liberation Nationale confidential de Gaulle Document documentation Europe European evidence France French French Committee of National Liberation General de Gaulle Giraud Henri Giraud history Ile de France Ile-de-France image indoors inside interior letter military archives military secrets ministry of defence official page paper Paris Second World War secret secret services Service Historique de La Defense SHD special services typewritten vertical Vichy Vichy government Vichy regime Vincennes war Western Europe Western European World War Two WW2 WWII
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Letter stamped Confidential and dated 6th December 1943, regarding the organisation of Special Services, from Henri Giraud, Commander in Chief of French Armed Forces, to General de Gaulle, President of the Comite d'Action en France, who jointly set up the Comite Francais de la Liberation Nationale, or French Committee of National Liberation or CFLN, a provisional government of Free France, from the collection of the Service Historique de La Defense, at the Chateau de Vincennes, Vincennes, Paris, France. The collection includes documents of the Vichy government detailing spying activities of the French Secret Services on the German Nazi regime. The Centre Historique des Archives at Vincennes forms part of the SHD, which stores the archives of the Ministry of Defence and its armed forces. It was set up by decree in 2005. Picture by Manuel Cohen