Very good work, I learnt many things about the operational aspects of this affair, thank you.

On the diplomatic side, I would add that it was very hard to foresee and judge the reliability and what a person like Darlan had really in mind, which can explain to some extent why Churchill was reluctant to take for granted what he was told.

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