Evening star., 1941-09-03
Henry-Haye 10 Protest
To Hull Against Stories
OF Pfo-Nazi Activities
Angry French Envoy
Denies All Accusations,
Charging Anti-Viehy Plot
BY BLAIR BOLLES.

Df DoLLASos
CASTOR Henry-Haye, the French
Ambassador, today requested a con-
ference with Secretary of State Hull
to enable him to protest in person
against newspaper articles which
have linked him with pro-Nazi
activities in this country. The in
terview is expected tomorrow or
Friday.
In an angry mood, the Ambas-
sador denied all the accusations
brought against him in the articles
and attributed their publication to
a plot he said exists among certain
Americans and Frenchmen to de-
teriorate relations between Wash
ington and Vichy and to cause M.
Henry Hayes removal from his
ambassadorship.
The Ambassador. at a special
press conference on the terrace of
the Embassy. undertook at the same
time to clear his colleagues. Capt.
Charles Brousse, Press Attache, and
Col Georges Bertrand-Vigne, of
charges brought against them in
the articles, which have been syndi-
Gated by the New York Herald
Tribune.
Denies Aiding French Secret Police.
He denied that he co-operated
with French secret police or that
he used underhand methods to OBJ
tain information in this country
that would be of benefit to the Ger
man government, with which his
government is collaborating" He
denied that he spent Sl,000,000 a
month in the name of the embassy,
saying that 1t was more in the
neighborhood of S25,000 a month.
In answering the story that he
tipped off the Germans and Vichy
to the prospective bombardment of
Dakar. Africa by Gen. Charles de
Gaulle of the Free French, he
pointed out that neither he nor M.
Brousse nor Col Bertrand-Vigne
were in this country at the time he
allegedly received the plans here for
the de Gaulle expedition.
Commenting on the story that he
sought the construction of a wire
less station on the North American
island of st. Pierre, the Ambassador
said that the Minister of Colonies
In Vichy last May had told the
Western Union Co. that Vichy did
not want the station there. He said
the proposal for the station origi-
mated with Western Union.
No Dealings With Nazis Here.
He said that Charles Brousse,
about whom it had been written
that he kept in close communication
with the counsellor and with the
press attache of the German En-
bassy here, did not know either of
those Germans and had never
presented his card at the German
Embassy. He said that since Vichy
had no diplomatic relations with
Berlin. he had no dealings of any
kind. social or otherwise. with dip
lomatic representatives of Berlin.
Col. Bertrand-Vigne. charged with
sending money abroad, was using
some of his own funds to contribute
to the support of his mother, in
France. the Ambassador said.
The Ambassador told the reporters
present that Jean Musa, who figured
in the newspaper stories as a
mysterious character sent on secret
missions about the country, was an
old friend Of his who volunteered on
occasions to perform a few Secre-
tarial duties. M. Musa, he said. has
never been on the pay roll of the
Embassy and has never undertaken
a diplomatic mission with the ap-
proval Of the Embassy.
Bren Gun Stories Held Silly.
In that connection. the Ambassa-
dor said reports he was seeking
Information about the Bren gun
were ridiculous because he had never
heard of the Bren gun until he read
about 1t in the story connecting the
gun With himself He added that he
had since discovered from his mill
tary attache that the details of the
gun are common knowledge to all
governments.
The article said that M. MuSa had
been dickering to obtain informa-
ton about the gun.
The Ambassador indicated that
ne proposed to make his protest in
order to keep his official record clear.
He has no hope that the State De-
partment will take any action with
regard to newspaper stories.