Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei waahanga - I te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i mahi ia hei Kaitiaki-Tianara i Morocco me te Kaiwhakahaere Matua i te French North Africa. I whakamataku a Noguès i te rongo e whai ana te kāwanatanga o Wīwī kia mutu te whawhai
ki a Tiamana. I te 17 o Hune 1940 ka waea atu ia ki Bordeaux, kei reira te kawanatanga i reira: "Kei te tino wehi a Awherika ki te Raki. E inoi ana ngā hōia kia haere tonu te pakanga mēnā kāore he take a te kāwanatanga. Kei te rite ahau ki te tango i te kawenga mō tēnei āhuatanga me ngā mōrearea katoa e pā ana ki reira, arā, te tono mō te tohu ki te haere tonu i te whawhai. Heoi, kaore ia i whakaae ki te karanga a General Charles de Gaulle mai i Ranana i te 18 o Pipiri ki te haere tonu ki te whawhai, me te kii ki te kaitohutohu hononga o Ingarangi e whakaaro ana ia he "kore" te ahua o de Gaulle me te aukati i te panui o te raki o Awherika ki te whakaputa i te karanga a de Gaulle.