GRAY
                                   Paris
                                   Dated June 12, 1940
                                   Rec'd 11:55 a.m.
 
Secretary of State,
     Washington.
 
     RUSH.
     1157, June 12                 (SECTION FOUR)
 
     I propose to send my Military Attache and my Naval
Attache to the German General commanding the forces in the 
Paris area to explain the situation and return with the
suggestions of the German command as to methods of
facilitating the orderly transition of government.  I
believe that this procedure may save thousands of lives and
I hope that you will not object to it.
 
     The French are still holding the line of the Nonette
in my garden at Chantilly but the Germans have crossed the 
little river near Senlis and the position is difficult.
The French all along the line are fighting with the same
incredible courage in the face of four times the numbers.
The Germans have crossed the Seine in formce and are
approaching Evreux.
 
     There was al ittle shooting in the streets of Paris
last night but not much.
 
               BULLITT
 
KLP