Three questions were posed: what attitude should the Free French take to Pétain if (1) his government continued on its existing course of technical neutrality; (2) it transferred to North Africa but remained neutral; (3) it decided to join the Allies? To the first question, there was unanimity: unofficial contacts need not be ruled out (Catroux was the most emollient, Eboué and Leclerc the most intransigent) but there could be no compromise on the principle that the armistice had made Vichy illegitimate.
