Monnet understood de Gaulle’s desire to act quickly to create a French authority in Britain following the surrender of France on 22 June 1940, but he disagreed with the General’s claim that he alone represented fighting France.  He would have preferred that de Gaulle work with others who were supporters, at that time, of continuing the resistance such as General Charles Noguès in North Africa. Also, Monnet thought that an organization centered in London would appear to the French as a movement under British protection and inspired by British interests.  In a letter to de Gaulle on June 23, Monnet said he had made these concerns known to British Foreign Office officials Alexander Cadogan and Robert Vansittart, as well as Churchill’s envoy Edward Spears. Still, Monnet maintained good personal relations with de Gaulle, and they worked together three years later in Algiers.