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Memorandum of Conversation, by the Secretary of State
[Washington,] May 21, 1941.
The British Ambassador called at his request. I related to him the substance of my talk with the French Ambassador on yesterday, all of which he heartily approved.
He then inquired as to whether we felt as though we could recognize De Gaulle in any more conspicuous way than heretofore. I replied that, of course, we were seeking to salvage whatever we could from the situation of Weygand in Africa, and from the Government at Vichy, and that if Weygand should stand up, De Gaulle would have to become subordinate. To this he agreed.
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