The Archive · 1941

Talks with De Gaulle Party

Mr. Winant also talked with representatives of General Charles de Gaulle, head of the "Free French" movement, and the latter impressed on the U.S. Ambassador the app: fact the Vichy Government was now openly committed to full cooperation with Chancellor Adolf Hitler and that utmost efforts would be made manæuvre France into a war against Britain, These representatives told Mr. Winant that a rupture of relations with Vichy by the United States would do more than anything else to awaken the French people to the dangers of Vichy's policy and, check the ambitions of Admiral Joan Darlan, French Vice-Premier.

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