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ATTITUDE TO FRENCH U.S. OPPOSES DE GAULLE LEADERSHIP DISPUTE j ..it.-i NEW .YORK, April 8. Discussing- the .Giraud-de Gaulle conflict;;.' Me..- Joseph Harsch, -in the Christian - Science Monitor, says that official Washington decided long ago that (General-de Gaulle was an unsatisfactory.’: person ,to -work with. , Mr. Harsch explains that Washington ! , grew restless at the prospect of the Free French-coming under complete British influence. Finally, American policy crystallised at a point where ;it refused to consider , any, arrangement which would make General de Gaulle the top figure. This position” was .communicated •; ~to Mr. Anthony Eden. It is not known, however, whether Mr. Eden agreed. Mr. Harsch- concludes: “There is, more .than meets! the ..eye about-.the tangled'Skein of .British and American French i'policy. It seems ’that the Giraud-de-.G-aulle mystery will not be clarified before the end of the war.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21066, 10 April 1943, Page 4
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