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<p>[QUOTE="lettow, post: 7367166, member: 6986"]Actually, this series (the FRANCE back notes) was issued at the request of the French Committee for National Liberation. The flag back notes were issued under Eisenhower's authority as Supreme Commander. </p><p><br /></p><p>The currency issue was serious enough that Roosevelt and Churchill discussed it many times. The flag back notes were termed supplemental currency and not occupation currency. This soothed DeGaulle enough that he did not publicly object to them being used although he did not publicly approve of them until August 1944.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lettow, post: 7367166, member: 6986"]Actually, this series (the FRANCE back notes) was issued at the request of the French Committee for National Liberation. The flag back notes were issued under Eisenhower's authority as Supreme Commander. The currency issue was serious enough that Roosevelt and Churchill discussed it many times. The flag back notes were termed supplemental currency and not occupation currency. This soothed DeGaulle enough that he did not publicly object to them being used although he did not publicly approve of them until August 1944.[/QUOTE]
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