Memorandum from Brigadier General Harry Vaughan, Procedure to be Followed for the Visit President Charles de Gaulle

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MEMORANDUM COVERING THE PROCEDURE TO BE FOLLOWED FOR THE VISIT OF PRESIDENT CHARLES DeGAULLE PRESIDENT OF THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC ON AUGUST 22, 1945. 1. ARRIVAL in WASHINGTON: The visiting dignitaries will be met at the Washington National Airport at 4:00 p.m. by: The Secretary of State. Ambassador Bonnet. Mr. Jefferson Caffery, American Ambassador to France. Mr. Dunn, Assistant Secretary of State. General Vaughan, Military Aide to the President. Commodore Vardaman, Naval Aide to the President. Mr. Summerlin, Chief of Protocol. Mr. H. Freeman Matthews, State Department. ARCAIVES PRATIONAL REDORDS Mr. Woodward, Chief of Division of Protocol. Mr. Paul T. Culbertson, State Department. Mr. James C. H. Bonbright, State Department. Brig. Gen. Sumner waite, American Military Aide to General DeGaulle. Captain W. G. Michelet, U.S.N., American Naval Aide to Gen. DeGaulle. The President's Military and Naval Aides will drive to the airport in a White House car which will then be used as Car No. 1 for the drive to the White House. Mr. Summerlin and Ambassador Bonnet will meet President DeGaulle and his party as they alight from the plane and will escort President DeGaulle and his party to the Reception Committee which will be in line, inside of the - 1 -