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August 26, 1945: French Press Service to Europe at 2:45
EWT:
"An editorial writer in LA NATION expresses 'very natural surprise'
at the statement made by Truman to French journalists. He writes:
The French press has always expressed the feslings of the French
people, which toward America, are those of traditional and faithful
friendship and, for the immense effort which she achieved during the
war, one of admiration and gratitude.
"The role of the press is to give expression to public opinion.
In fulfilling this task, the press not only accomplishes its work at
home, but also its foreign mission, which is that of instruction of
other countries on the reactions aroused by their policy. The most
important thing is that this part should be played with tact and
moderation We believe that we can say that this has been the case.'"
August 27, 1945: Brazzaville, in French to Purope, Africa, and the Near
East, 4:00 pome EWT, broadcast an editorial by Jean Lelret, as follows:
"Gen. De Gaulle's trip to the U.S. is ending. According to press
reports, the Washington talks between the Head of the French Govern-
ment and President Truman, and those between Bidault and Secretary
of State Byrnes have greatly facilitated the mutual understanding
of the two nations and of their reciprocal points of view on the
great problems of the re-establishment of peace which they must solve
jointly. It can already be said that from this point of view Gen.
De Gaulle's trip is a new success of French-American friendship It
is a great step towards understanding so desirable (between) sovereign
nations, an understanding that has been reached through free discussions
according to the democratic principles dear to the two peoples
"However, one small incident arose, whose protagonists had evidently
expected it to become a stumbling block in the path of this under-
standing. The reef was avoided, thanks to the wisdom and broad mindedness
of the two Presidents. Whereas, at his press conference Gen. De Gaulle
obtained the unanimous appreciation of the American newsmen for his
clear, sincere answers, and the vivacity and of his repartie, and
the grasp he showed of all current problems, President Truman, on the
other hand, took the occasion to express certain reproaches to French
newsmen he had gathered. He told them of his expectation of seeing
America treated more by the French press.
Series of Understandings
The White House secretarial office explained that this simple
statement was the result of a series of misunderstandings and was
provoked by the reading of articles recently published in certain
of our newspapers. In them the U.S. was taken to task for having
destroyed certain usable stocks instead of giving them up, or having
spared the factories of a dye trust in the bombing of Germany, and
other. e , more or less indifferently verified or interpreted, and
at any rate inopportune Fortunately the incident, brought down to
its proper proportions, cast only a slight coldness, which could
not on the cordial course of the conversations.
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