Roosevelt Papers
The President to the Secretary of State
[Hyde
Park,] September 19, 1944.
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
I have had lengthy talks with the Prime Minister in regard to recognition of the Provisional Government in France. He and I are both very much opposed to it at this time. The Provisional Government has no direct authority from the people. It is best to let things go along as they are for the moment.
F[ranklin] D. R[oosevelt]