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    "ocrText": "DECLASSIFIED\na\nE. O. 11652, Sec. ³(E) and 5(D) or (E)\na\nBy\nDept. of State letter, Aug. 9, 1973\nEMBASSY OF THE\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA\nNLT- HC NARS Date 6.26.25 -\nParis, May 2, 1946\nCONTIDENTIAL\nMEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY:\nPersons of political importance holding different\npolitical views (i.e., Socialists, Radical-Socialists,\nPRL, etc. and friendly officials have commented to me\nvery favorably on the reports published in the press\nthis morning on the telephone conversation between\nM. Bidault and you in Paris, and the President in\nWashington. They remarked that the telephone conversation\nhas excited the imagination of many Frenchmen because it\nwas out of the ordinary and that the average Frenchman\nwas particularly struck with reports of the President's\nreal interest in the French situation and his desire to\nhelp France. Some of the persons with whom I have talked,\nincluding a high official of the Ministry of the Interior,\nobserved that this transatlantic telephone call had\ngreatly heartened elements in France which share our\nconceptions and has been very helpful in nullifying\nunfriendly propaganda that we are pulling out of Europe\nand abandoning it. They added that this sort of gesture\nwas particularly helpful in view of the coming elections\nand would strengthen and encourage all elements except,\nof course, the Communists. My informants all expressed\nthe hope that during the coming critical four weeks\npreceding the June 2 elections we would be able to give\npublicity to our aid and interest in France, particularly\nany credits that we advance as a result of the Blum\nnegotiations in Washington.\nIt occurred to me that you might wish to consider\nletting the President know the very favorable reaction\nhere to the telephone conversation.\nto ARCHIVEE \"NATIONAL RECORDS SERVICE** AND Jef ferson Caffery\nfor"
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