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important and increasing contribution thereto, not only by its land,
sea and air armed forces, but also by certain resources indispensable
to the struggle, especially its means of transport and its ports.
Moreover, it appears, in the light of recent military events, that
the continuation of the struggle to victory necessitates a constantly
increasing participation of France in the common war effort. This
participation cannot be assured under satisfactory conditions without
a revision of the program of production, supply and transport which
are [is] in effect at the present time between the Allies, a revision
which cannot be advantageously undertaken without the direct
participation of the Provisional Government of the French Republic.
Moreover, it must be observed that the conferences held between
the other great allied powers lead these to decide in advance, without
the participation of France, the settlement of certain questions of a
political or economic character which, however, interest France
directly or indirectly, in which case the Provisional Government of
the French Republic evidently could not consider itself bound by
any of the decisions taken without it and, consequently, such deci-
sions lose some of their value.
Independently of motives of high political and moral propriety, it
therefore appears opportune to the Provisional Government of the
French Republic to make it known that its participation in such
conferences is, in its eyes, necessary in matters relating to problems
concerning the general conduct of the war, as well as those, the
settlement of which concerns the future of peace-problems in
which the responsibility of France is obviously engaged.
The Provisional Government of the French Republic cannot doubt
that its point of view will be shared by the other great allied powers.
January 13, 1945.
CAFFERY
EUR Files
The Director of the Office of European Affairs (Matthews) to the Secretary
of State
SECRET
[WASHINGTON,] January 19, 1945.
With reference to your coming conversation with the President on
Sunday with regard to French views on the Rhineland and on a
French zone of occupation in Germany, the following may be of use:
I General. You will recall that the French have proposed, and
the President has already approved in principle, the following:
a) French participation in the supreme authority in Germany.
b) French participation in signing the German instrument of
surrender.
c) Allocation to the French army of a zone of occupation in Ger-
many and a part of greater Berlin.
d)
Substitution of quadripartite for tripartite agencies in the agree-
ment on control machinery.
e) Preparation of a French text of the instrument of surrender to
be equally authentic with the Russian and English texts.
In a note dated January 13,¹ the French have formally notified the
1 See supra.
American, British and Soviet Governments of their desire to partici-
pate in the coming "Three Power" conference. We have no knowl-
edge of any decision which may have been reached by the British and
Soviet Governments regarding this request. It can be safely assumed,
however, that the British will inform the French that they are favor-
ably disposed. If the Soviet Government were sure that we would
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