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DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)
TOP SECRET
Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972
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By NITHC NARS Date 9-18-75
consequently between him and the people. The General is
undoubtedly aware of this tendency and his offer to take
Messrs. Herriot, Blum, and Reynaud into the government
has been interpreted in some querters en effort to
help bridge that gap and to strengthen the government
which has been increasingly under attack.
Friends of Herriot, Blum, and Reynaud are reported
to have counseled them against accepting General de Gaulle's
offer on the grounds that e governmental crisis is brewing
and that to join the government now would merely serve to
prejudice their political futures. This has doubtless
been a factor in their decision, but there is little doubt
that, at least in the case of Herriot and Blum, they would
offer their services to the country if needed. The former
has indicated however that he wishes to see a little better
in what direction the government's policies are aimed before
committing himself to their support. Mr. Blum has expressed
himself es being extremely worried by the conditions which
he found in France. He indicated that the French are cor-
rupt and exhausted end that they are in dire need of a moral
regeneration. It is of some interest that in 8. recent speech
he made the point that taking part in the resistance has not
created on behalf of any individual the right to exercise
power. He has also indiented that the greatness of France
should not depend on physical force, but on internal har-
mony. Both statements may be regarded as implied criticisms
of General de Gaulle, whose followers have based his claim
to power primarily on his resistance record and who has, in
the foreign field, directed his main efforts towerd restor-
ing French prestige.
Of the three French leaders nemed, Herriot occupies
the most prominent position in the public eye and strong
efforts are being mede by every political party, from the
Communist to the extreme Right, to gain his good will. All
three men are reported to be in good mental and physical
health, in spite of their incerceration in Germany, and
they may well exert a strong influence on future political
developments.
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