Memorandum from Acting Secretary of State Joseph Grew to President Harry S. Truman, Current Foreign Developments

TOP SECRET DECLASSIFIED E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972 By NLT-HC MARS Date 6.26-75 June 1, 1945 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT Subject: Current Foreim Develoments French Perticination in Pacific Ver. General Juin has informed the Amerienn Military Attaché in Paris that a.s a result of the American acceptance in principle of French military participation in the Pacific Wer he has cabled St. Didier outlining the extent of French require- ments. Juin appears to take it for granted that we will take early necessary mensures to see that the two divisions he has in mind are supplied and transported to the Far East. Caffery notes that this position is in conflict with his understending of the American attitude, under which we stated that while we were not opposed to French participation in the Fer Tastern war a finel decision on the manner and extent of such participation must be con- ditioned by the views of the theater commender and the fact that French participation shall not interfere with alrendy planned operations. Issue Drewn in Syrin. The principal new report on the Levant situntion todey is the French reply to the American note delivered on Monday. Ambassador Caffery describes it ns making no constructive proposel, suggest- ing no new line of policy, and being simply "words. There is no report from the Levant States themselves yet regarding the sequel to the British military intervention, other then what appears in the press. An interesting