Churchill "said this operation was primarily French, and. though they were ready to give it a micasure of support which might, in certain cir cumstances, have been decisive, the: were no more anxious than Genk de Gaulle to get involved in a long, and "'sanguinary candiot with the Vichy French.
After paying tribute to the juds-ment of General de Gaulle, Mr. Chur= chill said the Government had no in tention whatever of abandoning General de Gaulle's cause until it was merged, as merged it would be, in the larger cause of France.
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