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INCOMING DIVISION OF DEPARTMENT CENTRAL SERVICES OF TELEGRAM TELEGRAPH SECTION STATE DECLASSIFIED E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972 ACTION- U By NLT-HC NARS Date 7.25.45 INFO : S NCB-748-C Paris U This telegram must be EUR-3 closely paraphrased be- Dated August 16, 1945. . A-D fore being communicated to anyone. (TOP SECRET) REC' 1 p.m. SECRETARY of State, Washington. US URGENT 4951 August 16, 1 p.m. : ARCHIVES "NATIONAL SERVICE" RECORDS AND TOP SECRET As a result of informal and confidential conversations with a number of French Forsign Ministry officials, I submit the following as a general outline of the French Foreign I inistry views on certain topics which the French may bring up during DE GaullE's visit. (l'y 4875, Aug 11) One. Germany The French take position that future securi ty of France and Nestern Europe depends to a great Extent on where Germany is Eastern frontier is fixed. ThE Fr Ench are conc erned about the Eventual rEEstablishment of a c Entral GErman Govt not knowing what form it may take and beliEVE that just as Russia and Poland have obtained any considerable degree of geographical SE curity by the revision of Germany's WESTERN frontier as decided at Potsdam France should be guaranteed similar S ecurity by Early revision of G Ermany is TOP- SEGRET