In Algiers… Free French leader de Gaulle and General Giraud agree on the composition of a Committee of National Liberation under their joint presidency. The members are to include Massigli, Jean Monnet and Andre Philip.

In Occupied France… The Michelin tire works at Clermont-Ferrand are badly damaged in a sabotage operation conducted by local resistance workers and British SOC agents.

In the United States… The United Nations Food Conference in Hot Springs, Virginia, is concluded. A number of resolutions are produced calling for fairer distribution of resources in the postwar world.