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Memorandum by the Ambassador in France (Caffery) to the Secretary of State, at Paris

Paris, May 8, 1946.

Various Frenchmen have remarked that your firm stand during the Conference⁶² in the face of Soviet pretensions was a contributing factor in persuading many voters to go to the polls last Sunday. Those voters were of the category who had about come to the conclusion that no one was going to stand up to Molotov and that consequently the Cossacks would soon be arriving on the Place de la Concorde. Your firm stand convinced them that perhaps the Cossacks won’t get here after all.

Respectfully

Jefferson Caffery

62. For documentation on the Second Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers at Paris, see volume ii.