Translation of Toast by President of the French Republic Vincent Auriol to President Harry S. Truman

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE DIVISION OF LANGUAGE SERVICES (TRANSLATION) TC NO. 33853 T-17/R-IV French TO PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN, IN HOHAGE TO HIS FARSIGHTED dourage, IN MEMORY OF MY UNPORGETTABLE GTAX In MASHINGTON, UNDER HIS FAMILY ROOF. HIS FRIEND, /s/ V. AURIOL ARCHIVES "NATIONAL RECORDS AND SERVICE* [in English7 March 28, 1951 Mister President, In spite of my frightful accent, in spite of the trouble I will have in making myself understood, and perhaps even more in speaking at all, it is in your own language that I would like to thank you for your cordial welcome and your friendly words and to express to you the profound gratitude of France towards the great and noble country of the United States. Hy lnok of skill will make you hear more clearly a kind of accent about which there esn be no mistake: that of the heart. Escoure me I continue talking in French. An French/ I was eager to be the interpreter of this French gratitude. Franne is faithful to friendship. It is faithrul to its Adeal, which is the sane as yours. It is