<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngemva kokuqala kweMpi Yezwe II, uhulumeni waseFrance wathumela uRapkine eLondon ngo-January 1940, ngomsebenzi osemthethweni wokuqinisekisa ukuthi amalahle ayathunyelwa ezimbonini zaseFrance nakwezempi. Ngesikhathi eseNgilandi, wasiza uJames Crowther ekwakheni i-Anglo-French Society of Sciences ukwenza ngokusemthethweni ukubambisana kwezesayensi phakathi kwamazwe amabili. Ngo-June 1940, ngemva  <response>: Ngemva kokuzinikela kweFrance eJalimane, uRapkine wakhuthaza iNhlangano ukuba isize ososayensi baseFrance ukuba bathole isiphephelo e-United Kingdom, kodwa iNhlangano yahlakazeka lapho izimpi phakathi kweFrance neNgilandi zivimbela ukubambisana kwezesayensi. URapkine noHenri Laugier basuka eLondon ukuze baqhubeke nemizamo yabo e-United States. 