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SE oy ~. re " . i Sa A ae Tg send sc ak a oa eri ra "fue +o. When, upoa my return from Anerica, I~had the bonor ‘and the? !"> *°T plescure of deing,received by General de Gaulle, I asked him to request. - " the eloquent 5 res, who directed the newspaper "France-Amerique® ..-22--. with me in New York, without having considered it neceesery to sound the Vetter on this subject, to undertake a series of lectures throughout g --"" | gmertee for the purpose of inviting American cities, groups, and individuals bee who were friends of France to adopt the French cities which ware "i> devastated and ruined by the American air forces,. I haf so doubt about - ro the complete success of the underteking, Gener mle neither a approved nor disapproved, but he kept my suggestion ip mind and I learned that some time later it was repeated by Mra, EleanaryNoosevelt. Why “<"-- weg 16 definitely abandoned to:my great sorrow? I know not. Perhaps General de Gaulle thought thet he could bring sbout the rehabilitetion — of France by himself; perhape he feared that the apseal for solidarity which I advised might be concidered as an appeel for charity, and that 4¢ would assail the greatness of our country, In eny cease, the feilure ; it ue eene OF Sho step, which I had teken was com lete, and at the present tins, e. how thet we are asking for a loen from the governcent in Weahington, T don't see thet our prestige in America has increased because of that. As a French nationalist, I have always thought that the French Government ought to make the most of ite rights so far as ite allies were concerned, when they were misunderstood by them, 7 We French exiles in America were extremely anxious when ve - learned thet eome French cities had been bombed by American planes, We knew very well thet these bombings were ineviteble and absclutely necesesry. We recalled thet during the first World War some French plenes had bombed some French cities, Only the damages they ceused at —ai that time were less frightful. At that time, too, there were only a few departments which had deen invaded. We tried to understand the feelings of our compatriots faced with the atrocious necessities of the most atrocious of wars. Our hearts bled with those of our resisters, Po en eo 7 a After the victory was won, we were sure that those who had been ebliged to treneform France into a bettlefield, in order to save her and Sn order to save their countries and the world along with her, would , 5 first of all wish to repair the damages of all sorts which they had been forced to cause, Thanks to Generel de Gaulle, hedin't bis armies Deon ~ present everywhere at the side of his allies, whose victory they assured fm Africa end in the Middle East? +... -- - > -) 2... . | | \ “ QOPIES pestrovep_f$-3f 3? nr ee 166-3319 7- AOD Teo totter ect se Mor Ere pee rer reer hate FRA Ne bebe ee we owe” .