Memorandum from Acting Secretary of State Joseph Grew to President Harry S. Truman
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E.O. 11652. Sec. 3(E) and 5(D)
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Dept. of State letter, Aug. 7-22-75 10, 1972
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WASHINGTON
June 8, 1945
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
Subject: Current Foreign Developments
French Begin to Yield on NW Italy. Caffery
delivered your note to de Gaulle yesterday after-
noon. Last evening Bidault telephoned him: "Your
matter has been arranged; General Juin leaves at
once for Caserta with pertinent instructions". The
exact nature of these instructions is not yet known,
but they are doubtless favorable from the US view-
point.
The British Foreign Office in commenting on the
situation says that de Gaulle himself is clearly re-
sponsible for what is being done in NW Italy and the
Levant. It is equally clear de Gaulle is getting
more and more out of touch with the French people;
the British accordingly think it important in deal-
ing with such situations to treat with de Gaulle
separately and not let him become "associated" with
his fellow countrymen. De Gaulle seems also to be
acting more and more independently of his cabinet,
whose Ministers are at a disadvantage since de Gaulle
can argue he alone has a mandate from the public.
This situation can be regularized only by elections
and the British think the sooner general elections
are held the better it will be for France, as this
might bring the "moderating influence of the Herriots
and the Blums" into the regime.
The French
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