The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-06

1C SHOWS that the BrltlSn ana the U. s. Treasury had lot to do with the successful outcome of the French situation.
 What happened was that be- fore the Allied invasion of Nor mandy F. b. R. didn't particu-
 larly like de Gaulle and his
 State Department advisers didn't either. Some officials SuSpectedt hat the State Depart
 ment was misinfOrming the President on de Gaulle's inten- tiOns. At any rate things got so bad that on June 4, two nights before the invasion, de Gaulle
 withdrew 18O French civil Of- ficerS who were to accompany the Allied landing parties.
 Whereupon Churchill, deeply disturbed, summoned French General Koenig to 10 Downing street in the middle of the night. and begged him to change de Gaulle's mind. Koenig said it was impossible.
 Churchill then routed Alfred Duff Cooper out of bed, rushed him off to plead with de Gaulle who finally agreed to permit 20 French officers to accompany the Allies into Normandy. In return. Cooper promised de Gaulle that the British would urge the U. s. State Department to adopt a more reasonable attitude toward de Gaulle.
 F.D.R. INVITES DE GAULLE
 Carrying out this promise Chur- chill sent Roosevelt strong but friendly cable advising that the Allies could not help dealing with de Gaulle and urging that de Gaulle be invited to Washington. Roosevelt promptly agreed and cabled de Gaulle, then in Algiers. De Gaulle waited briefly, then accepted the invitation for July 6.
 Meanwhile, Roosevelt asked the State, Treasury and War Depart ments to prepare program that he could present to de Gaulle.
 The War Department represent ed by far-signted assistant Sccre- tary Jack McCloy urged full recognition of de Gaulle, claiming it was necessary for military req sons.
 But the State Department, rep resented by Jimmy Dunn, argued that the President would never agree. Dunn was quite stubborn and claimed there was no use even discussing the matter with Roose- welt
 PEACEMAKER MORGENTHAU
 At this point Secretary Morgen- thau stepped in with a compro- mise plan. He proposed giving de- Gaulle enough power to deal with French civil affairs, but leaving the door open for the French peo- pie to choose their own leader at a future date. He also urged that de Gaulle's Liberation Committee be recognized as the "de facto authority" in France, also that 1t have the power to issue paper money.
 Jimmy Dunn, however. claimed that there would be no use in even presenting the plan to the President. Ordinarily, such 8 State Department veto would have ended the discussion, but MOr- genthau perseVered. He offered to approach the President person. ally. This was agreed and he saw F. D. R. on July 5, one day after de Gaull's arrival.
 To Dunn surprise, the PreSi- dent Ok'd everything and said he would present the program to de GaulIe next day. This he did. De GauIIe was delighted. II. s. French relations took a sharp turn for the better, and have continued that way ever since.
 NOte-Jimmy Dunn is the man whom Stettinius promoted to be Assistant Secretary Of State in charge of all European affairs. CAPITAL CHAFF
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