Evening star., 1943-03-14
THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. G., MARCH H. 1g43
De GauIlists Reveal
Plan for Unification
OF French Factions
Regarded as Outline
Of Aims Of Group to
Confer With Giroud
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, March 13.-Describing
the present French war effort as
shattered" Gen. Charles de
Gaulle's national committee has
proposed to Gen. Henri Giraud that
the best way to bring unity Is to
fuse the two factions under the
banner of Fighting France.
A comprehensive, four-point pro-
gram, outlined in a memorandum
dispatched to Gen. Giraud late in
February, was made public today on
the eve of broadcast by the North
African leader, who is expected to
announce far-reaching plans for
nberalizing his regime.
The committees 1,600-word COM
munication was considered as broad
ly outlining the platform Of the
Fighting French commission which
will arrive in North Africa soon to
establish liaison with Gen. Giraud
and seek better understanding.
The unity of the French war ef-
fort ''is at present shattered" the
committee declared In the memoir
randum addressed to Gen. Giraud.
THE result in North Africa is con-
fusion, which represents an obstacle
to the coherent participation Of this
territory in the war, anxiety and
dissatisfaction inside the French
nation, and certain qualms in the
public opinion of the democracies."
Sets Forth Conditions.
The memorandum suggested these
indispensable" conditions to obtain
unification:
1) The so-called 'armistice'
concluded against the will of France
by a pseudo-government/" =" - must
be officially held in French North
and West Africa as null and. void
and as not engaging the nation.
CD Fundamental liberties of
thought. of press, of assembly, Of
association, Of equality of all citi-
zens in the eyes OF the law must
be restored in all French territories
as they are liberated.
90 Transformation of the Re-
public (of France) into a French
State and the so-called legislative
measures inspired by Nazi or Fascist
theology " must be considered
null and void. Republican legality
must be re-established.
"a mo doubt should remain as
to the determination of any French
authority to help in assuring i'm
mediately after liberation the free
expression of popular will by elec-
ton with universal suffrage OF ma
tional representation. :"
After outlining the four essentials,
the memorandum said that while
the total liberation of France was
awaited 1t would be advantageous,
as soon as q provisional central
power was constituted, Ito create by
the side Of this power q consultive
council of French resistance"
The function of this council, 1t
said, would be "to give expression
to the opinion Of Frenchmen, as far
as they are able to make themselves
heard in present circumstances"
Declaring that on these lines the
national committee thought it pos
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French forces, the memorandum
said: In any case, in the superior
interest Of the country, the national
committee considers 1t necessary
that cooperation as extensive as
possible be Immediately established
with the French In North and West
Africa.
Problems Outlined.
Such cooperation, 1t said, would
be designed to solve problems Of
these three kinds:
Cd To assure the cooperation of
all French forces and resources and
Ito effect the return to war Of those
French forces available but still
held away from It,"
CD To reach an agreement to
have the general interests of France
represented abroad and to adopt 4
common attitude in diplomatic
questions.
90 To reach q common settle
ment on concrete problems Of
finance, economy, health. supply,
transport and legislative and ad-
ministrative coordination.