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Telegram from Jefferson Caffery to Secrertary of State Edward Stettinius
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Telegram from Jefferson Caffery to Secrertary of State Edward Stettinius
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DEPARTMENT INCOMING DIVISION OF OF CENTRAL SERVICES STATE TELEGRAM TELEGRAPH SECTION MFD-1358 Paris This telegram must be closely paraphrased be- Dated June 6, 1945 fore being communicated to anyone. (SECRET) REC'd 2:13 p.m. Pif Secretary of State, DECLASSIFIED Washington. E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) the Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972 US URGENT BYNLTHE , NARS Date 7-25-75 NIACT 3337, June 6, 2 p.m. TOP SECRET I spoke to Bidault about the JEANNE D'ARC (Department's 2543, June 5). HE said: "It is true the JEANNE D'ARC is En route for Beirut. However, GENERAL de Gaulle told me last night and he told me not to tell anybody (repeat anybody) that the troops on board WETE disembarked at Bizerte; but he does not want anyone to know it. I shall try hard to have the JEANNE D' ARC itself detained En routE". HE then went on to speak of additional alleged "humiliations" to which the British have subjected them in the Levant; the closing up of the O C P; giving out nEWS that French troops WETE being guardEd by British forces, Etc, Etc. CAFFERY MJF ARCHIVES "NATIONAL RECORDS SERVICE' AND COVERAGE