Telegram from Jefferson Caffery to Secrertary of State Edward Stettinius

DEPARTMENT INCOMING DIVISION OF OF CENTRAL SERVICES STATE TELEGRAM TELEGRAPH SECTION EAS-217 Paris This telegram must be closely paraphrased be- Dated June 8, 1945 fore being communicated to anyonE. (SECRET) REC'O 4:55 p.m. Secretary of StatE, DECLASSIFIED Washington, E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972 By NIT-HI NARS Date 7-25-75 US URGENT NIACT 3406, June 8, 4p.m. TOP SECRET Bidault let me read the telegram which GEN de Gaulle sent in reply to the President's message (DEPTS 2565 June 6) HE said: I'I told him not to put in the first . two paragraphs; only the last paragraph was of any use; and I trust that your President will not pay too much attention to the first two paragraphs. They do not mean anything. The important thing is that GENERAL Juin has already left for Caserta with conciliatory pertinent instructions and I hope that you will be satisfied vith the results of his conversations." HE repeated again that de Gaulle had repeated agnins last night that France has no annexationist designs in northwest Italy and wants only a minor rectification of the frontier which he believes possible to achieve by negotiatic in a regular manner with the Italian GOVT. Bidault s. ARCHIVES "NATIONAL SERVICE** RECORDS AND