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DECLASSIFICATION AUTHORITY DERIVED FRay: = 7 yaks Ng re 4 4 DATE US-22-2013 By . b7C r April 18, 1947 oD 7 PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL =< | BY SPECIAL MESSENGER ; ) Gre, TIPOMIARION connie Major General Harry Hawkins Vaughan QeeRT ES UNGRASS Te) Military Aide to the President ee CrE WH CORR, 363 The White House pr SERNISE a3 _Waghingten, De Ceo ~ a LA worn Gera lLs ~ 77 ct by. Sb, Dear General Vavighian: ‘SERRE SF chee a | ee _ Beclassityon: O : ? . be interested in the follow -~ v NY ing information which has been received from a.highly confidential source of y & reliable character relative to the French Ambassador's reaction to the visit ¢ of Mre Henry Wallace to France. Se Gs a The source reported that in a discussion concerning the matter _, With Mr. William Bullitt, former Ambassador to France and Russia, Mre Henri. “ § Bonnet, French Ambassador to the United States, said that the invitation ted to Henry zXgren nry As Wallace to pay a visit to France, as publicized in "P.M," iim an erroneous inpre Zoot ssion to the American public. wr. Bullitt stated t the story in "P.M, 8 " is harmful inasmuch as it implies that the greatest Of President Truman is being invited by the four major parties of = Frances Bullitt reportedly said that certainly Leon Blum, Vincent Auriol ca and Maurice Schumann were not aware of what they were doing when they offi- . ~ |eLally invited a man who is presently attacking, in a most violent manner, 48 the President of the United States. he. 43 The informant said that Ambassador Bonnet explained that the truth _f¢ {is much more simple than such a conclusion. He said that Wallace had pre~ Z — ously been received by the labor party in mgland and that it was a French : “in (tradition to receive prominent Americans and give them a welcoming committee, S Dy specially for someone who was previously associated with the late President _ =), Roosevelt. Ambassador Bonnet reportedly averred that there was absolutely CBO othing political in the invitation received by Wallace. The informant fur @ exe bher said that Bullitt re-emphasized his personal understanding of the whole & &NNeffair, but pointed out the possible ill effects on the Truman administration. i wt was further stated that Bonnet agreed that the situation was bad, but that <1 © GLt was too late at this time to withdraw the invitation. ‘the source also in= © fa cdicated that Bullitt made known his intention to a visit to France, it : pyc peing said that he would leave about April 15, 19 Tee Menphy, the same s&irce reported, that Ambassador Bonnet dis~ ab 08 forrspapet" correspondent. The source indicates q N\ ? 5 fy yy f XP eae , A e rs is - : ;; 7 a m