Evening star., 1944-07-06
DE GauI|e 10 GET
|17-Gun Salute
Here Late Today
Full MiIitory Honors
Will Be Accorded
French Leader

A l7-gun salute will greet Gen.
Charles de Gaulle, head of the
French Committee of National
Liberation, when he arrives here
late today for a conference with
President Roosevelt that will
continue through Saturday.
The French leader will land at
National Airport about o'clock, and
will be received with full military
honors, Presidential Secretary
Stephen r. Early announced shortly
before noon. The 17-gun salute ac-
cords with the generals army rank.
The guard of honor will be COM
posed of three squadrons, with
colors, from Boiling Field; the sa-
luting battery will be drawn from
the military district of Washington
and a third military unit will be the
Army Air Forces Band.
War Chiefs to Meet Him.
Gen. de Gaulle will be met by the
airport commander and escorted to
position in front Of the guard Of
honor, where he will be met by Gen.
George C. Marshall, Army Chief Of
Staff: Admiral Ernest j. King, COM
mander in chief of the fleet; Gen.
Henry H. Arnold. head of the Army
Air Forces, and 1t. Gen. Alexander
A. Vandegrift, commandant of the
Marine Corps.
After receiving the honors of his
rank, Gen de Gaulle will be escorted
to the White House by Maj Gen.
Edwin M. Watson and Rear Ad-
miral Wilson Brown. the Presidents
military and naval aides.
Mr.. Roosevelt and cabinet MEM
bers will receive the visitor in the
diplomatic reception room and then
the President will be host at tea on
the south portico of the White
House
After the tea, Gen. de Gaulle viii
go across the avenue to the Blair
House, where he and his party will
remain during their stay here He
will be the luncheon guest Of the
President tomorrow.
Closer Relationship Sought.
| A0l Edi odlo ~ IL may VIC dNe
sumed that conversations with the
President, through which Gen de
Gaulle hopes to bring about a closer
relationship between his committee
and this Government. will begin i'm
mediately after his arrival The
talks will be continued intermittent
ly through Saturday. it was added.
Preliminary indications from both
French and American sources indi-
cate that show of good will and
friendly relations is likely to be the
main initial accomplishment of the
French leaders talks with the Presi-
dent and other American officials.
This later may be translated into
specific arrangements now lacking
between this Government and the
French National Committee Of Lib
Ieration.
Entertainment Planned.
Gen de Gaulle's schedule is un-
derstood to call for a luncheon at
the White House tomorrow, as well
as offlcial State and War Depart
ment dinners, the former being to-
night.
Observers considered the question
of recognition of the French Nation
al Committee as written of. in the
light of press conference state
ment yesterday by Secretary of State
Hull.
Mr.. Hull said it was his un-
derstanding that Gen. de Gaulle 5
conversations with American ON
cials will be general. specializing on
no one particular thing.
The probability of such an under
standing was made even more def
mite in French diplomatic quarters,
where it was said Gen. de Gaulle
had no intention of insisting on
legal recognition.