890D.01/5–3145: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in France ( Caffery )
2428. The President requests that the following message be immediately transmitted from him to General de Gaulle: [Page 1122]
“I have received your cordial message through Ambassador Bonnet to which I hope to be able to reply definitely within a few days.80
“Bidault will have told you of the grave concern which is felt in this country over developments in Syria and the Lebanon where open strife between French troops and the peoples of these two countries has occurred. I have instructed the U.S. representative to urge the Governments of Syria and Lebanon to refrain from any action which would further aggravate the situation, and I hope you can see your way clear to issue the necessary instructions to your forces in order that tranquility may be restored and that a peaceful and orderly solution may be achieved which will not prejudice the legitimate rights of the nations concerned. I have also asked Caffery to keep in close touch with your Government with a view to assisting in arriving at a satisfactory settlement.”81
- For Ambassador Bonnet’s letter of May 29 concerning the proposed meeting of President Truman and General de Gaulle in Washington, and President Truman’s reply to General de Gaulle, transmitted in telegram 3036, July 2, 11 a.m., to the Ambassador in France, see vol. iv, p. 701.↩
- In telegram 3170, June 1, 1945, noon, the Ambassador in France reported receipt of this instruction on June 1, 3 a.m., and its delivery to General de Gaulle the same morning (890D.01/6–145).↩