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E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)
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Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972
MARS Date 2-23-72
occupied, as a result of the military defeat of 1940 and
the subsequent occupation of their country by the enemy,
with questions of national prestige. They have conse-
quently from time to time put forward requests which are
out of all proportion to their present strength and have
in certain cases, notably in connection with Indochina,
showed unreasonable suspicions of American aims and
motives. It is believed that it is in the interest of
the United States to take full account of this psycho-
logical factor in the French mind and to treat France
in all respects on the basis of her potential power and in-
fluence rather than on the basis of her present strength.
Positive American contributions toward the rebuilding of
France include: present and future rearming of the
French Army; support of French participation in the
European Advisory Commission, the control and occupation
of Germany, the Reparations Commission and other organ-
izations; and the conclusion of a Lend-Lease Agreement.
De Gaulle has recently stated his appreciation of the
necessity for the closest possible cooperation between
France and the United States.
SOVIET UNION. Since the Yalta Conference the Soviet
Government has taken a firm and uncompromising position
on nearly every major question that has arisen in our
relations. The more important of these are the Polish
question, the application of the Crimea agreement on
liberated areas, the agreement on the exchange of
liberated prisoners of war and civilians, and the San
Francisco Conference. In the liberated areas under Soviet
control, the Soviet Government is proceeding largely on
a unilateral basis and does not agree that the developments
which have taken place justify application of the Crimea
agreement. Permission for our contact teams to go into
Poland to assist in the evacuation of liberated prisoners
of war has been refused although in general our prisoners
have been reasonably well treated by Soviet standards.
The Soviet Government appears to desire to proceed with
the San Francisco Conference but was unwilling to send
their Foreign Minister. They have asked for a large
post-war credit and pending a decision on this matter
have SO far been unwilling to conclude an agreement
providing
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