Ribbentrop never responded. Likewise, Eichmann's memorandum languished with Heydrich, who never approved it.[29] Establishment of ghettos in Warsaw and other cities in Poland resumed in August 1940.[33] The plan was officially shelved within the Foreign Office in February 1942.[34] British forces took the island from Vichy France in the Battle of Madagascar in November 1942 and control was transferred to the Free French.