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On Wed. 21 Oct 1942 US Major General Mark Clark, aboard British submar.....

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US Major General Mark Clark, aboard British submarine HMS Seraph (which was under disguise as an American submarine), began negotiations with Vichy French commanders in North Africa in preparation of Operation Torch.

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