GENERAL CABLES

Grey River Argus, 24 August 1945, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

DE GAULLE IN U.S.A. WASHINGTON, Aug. 2'2. General de Gaulle has arrived for talks with Mr Truman. (Rec. 8.45) NEW YORK, Aug. 22 The New York “Times’s” correspondent stated: The fact that General de Gaulle’s arrival in Washington has coincided with President Truman’s announcement of the cessation of the Lend-Lease grants is not considered to be the happiest augury. It is generally considered that the most concrete objects of the visit is to ensure the rapid transit to France of coal, raw materials, ana other reconstruction equipment, ft the influx of supplies should slow down in the next four months thus adding to a long series of disappointments which the French have experienced since the liberation, General de Gaulle’s prestige would suffer a serious blow on the eve of the first national election since the liberation. It is now generally accepted that only outside aid, principally with coal, can ensure social and political stability in France during the coming winter.