supplies from the Vichy Police, Army and Youth Organization stocks.  He cited instances of raids
on warehouses to obtain blankets which were made into uniforms, how Youth Organization
leaders of the "Compagnon de France" turned over shoes to the maquis; how cattle was
slaughtered for food and stocks of feul destroyed after removing that needed by the Maquis.  The
only real need is arms, ammunition and radios for communication.
     I told Delphi that I heard there was sentiment against arming the Resistance Movement
due to acts of banditry committed by common criminals under the guise of membership in the
Maquis, and that these acts had aroused antagonism of the average Frenchman against the
Resistance Movement.  He attributed these statements to HENRIOT, Vichy Minister of
Propaganda, and DARNAND, the new Police Chief, as a means of discrediting the Maquis. 
Delphi stated that in regions where the Maquis was dominant, it maintained law and order.  He
cited the punishment of individuals for clandestine slaughter of beef and cattle for sale on the
Black Market.  He cited other instances reminiscent of the activities of the Night Riders in the
South during the Reconstruction Period.
FRENCH ESTIMATE OF AMERICAN ATTITUDE, AND REACTION OF DIFFERENT
FRENCH GROUPS.
     Delphi stated that the average intellingent Frenchman believed the American Government
still had some sympathy for Vichy,