<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva kokuqala kweMpi Yezwe II, uhulumeni waseFrance wathumela uRapkine eLondon ngoJanuwari 1940, ngomsebenzi osemthethweni wokuqinisekisa ukutholakala kwamalahle ngezinjongo zezimboni nezempi zaseFrance. Ngesikhathi eseNgilandi, wasiza uJames Crowther ekwakheni i-Anglo-French Society of Sciences ukwenza ngokusemthethweni ukubambisana kwezesayensi phakathi kwamazwe amabili. Ngo-June 1940, ngemva kokuzinikela kweFrance eJalimane  <response>: , URapkine wakhuthaza ukuthi iNhlangano isize ososayensi baseFrance bathole isiphephelo e-United Kingdom, kodwa iNhlangano yahlakazeka lapho izimpi phakathi kweFrance neNgilandi zivala ukubambisana kwezesayensi. URapkine noHenri Laugier basuka eLondon ukuze baqhubeke nemizamo yabo e-United States. 