Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 6/8/2015 : ; Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-90011-10001 RECORD SERIES: WMFO AGENCY FILE NUMBER:  ELSUR SEE TITLE Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM:  WMFO TO: . TITLE: : [Restricted] DATE: 01/03/1961 “PAGES: 4 SUBJECTS : MOSS/MORGAN ELSUR DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Secret RESTRICTIONS : 1B; 1C CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: — 09/16/1997 — OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE k COMMENTS : SUMMARY; v9.1 Docld: 32323163 Page 1
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1993 (4 Use: 2107 Hote): DATE: 6) . Tuesday 1-3-61 [FR] surory [Cw | . .. 9:33 am [CLAUDE LEBEL to,{ACQUES de BEAUMARCHAIS, French: Foreign Ns 3 - OG Ministry, Paris rimying to his attention the following - 28-28 goof: A memorandum from the [{(Forgign) Minister's, offi eetS) has been received in New York vy [the French UN Delegation Je 11-14-2017 oa . Pes N : ro o os gq 7 a Washington, D. Ce Janary 3,°1961." The memorandum enclosed an envelope fran the Elysee. (Palace). addregsed to[the (President of the U. Sf2)J New York. Tats * UE (LEBET) dxplains, is (Ge GAULLE's Seasons root ngs’ to: Sree | and because of: the of has not been received Gt the . Embas s until today. (epetfbtes that the mistake originally was: 0 7 Fo made_ by (he Elyseg which thought that {the Presidegt’ of the’ te Ue SWOives at New York, but_fhat does not excuse [the =; 2) Ministry (of Foreign Affairs from forward} g it to: New =~. York rather than Washington. EAUMARCHATS handle ° | it. (see 11:45 am, 12-31-60,f[FR16290) (Prenn Ye jito/nia 11:03 am (CLAUDE LEBEL'S secretary to the secretary of Mr. PENDS TO | 9 - OG THALMANN, Minigter, Charge d'Affaires ad interim, Emb 12-10 of Swit ériandé saying that in response to Ere ALMAN fe equest to see (LEREL, mcrae come to see {LEBEL ou AS [CG ES HLD/h1d 11:35 am Mme DUNCAN to firs. PHIL veg state Department, telli ng her hy CLASSIFIED BY Scot swe BECP . DECLASSIFY nel, - 0G hat (GuBATZE( chauffeur)Pmas just called from the airport to the seal from a diplomatic ba ni arrives every week con- taining newspapers. [Mrs. PHTLIR Ss] S701 callCustoms to clear it, but she asks that[Mme DUNMANPRend her a note sn ite [ime DUNCAN) gives the [TD (ph) number as 175558, - ) (English) HLD 5 Jaa report that he is at Guis toms fe that someone has taken off [r-16297 8) | Docld: 32323163 Page 2?
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act 19907 (it Tc “STo7 “Hote } . DATE: 11-14-2017 mo i a ae & ~. Washington, D.. Ce January 3, 1961 6) , Tuesday 1-3-61 [FR] sumiaRy - CONT'D |(WF-987-S+ 11:55 am EDWARD| MORGAN (American Broadcasting Company) to CLAUDE » 2 - IC. LEBEL RSasking’Téraclarificationfof the French ee hi-121 (aos situation and noting that even as late as last: - nig ‘According to (New York) Times reports this mornings.” the Brittsh and the French on one side and (the U.S.) on the other differed as to the need to the need to re- establish the (International Control) Commission and. also: | on the fact that the French and the British up to now have: taken the view that a neutralis st government is the only thing to do whereas the Americans have taken the view that. a pro-Western neutral (Government) is the base (upon which to build). Ss BsThe question of the,Commission, (LepeL replies hs some thing DC on which the [PrenchPhave no(extraordinary hard views}Mthat is — to say {France }Mesnsi ders it a matter of thowhat ( _Or diplomacy, but it has very little to do with what [( France }fS » feels to be the real solution of the problem. feet hinks. : he is right in saying that if everybody agreed Ce CC as a. | matter of procedure erence Piould not disagree; (France) — | is not pressing it, it is not [France's eal preoccupatio But, » (LEBEL ontinues, it is absolutely true that (France PAs in Favor of a neutralist government, and it_has been re Frirmed, /Egt those terms but very close to it, in an (Arp telegranpe esterday afternoon, which is quite visibly inspired at the Quai d'Orsay (French Ministry of Foreign Affairs), IS) ) 4 LEBELloffers to send a copy of this [AFP teregrasf to, MORGAN 5 ut MORGAN declines because he has seen a dispatch. in the Times which probably has the same information. (Leper does not think he can say much more at present] except For one point: there have been_a number, of reports about the [FrenchPiosition being that (Prange Pravores a coalition government including Sp, Lao) This is not, LEBEEJG) explains, what the {[FrenchkKposition (enphasi zing the past tense) was--it was a coalition government including all> tendencies except the Communists, but with an insistence on all except the Communists; that is to say, including those who were in quite friendly terms neutral terms vizg-a-vig 7 ‘ the Communists. As to the [French osition today, the last. (ennifhas is that it has™not changed on_that line, but with ie the ¢ - anges in the political situation [in Laos .as it stands, this is an open question; ») + eet 4+) . SECRE! (Continued ) | | | [r-16298]G) | | r i . Docld: 32323163 Page 3