GRAY
                              BERN
                              Dated June 13, 1940
                              Rec'd 10:50 a.m.
 
Secretary of State
     Washington
 
     TRIPLE PRIORITY
     65, June 13, 2 p.m.
 
     Following message telephoned by Ambassador
Bullitt at 11:30 a.m. June 13 with the request that
it be transmitted immediately to the Embassy in 
Berlin for immediate communication to the German
Govenment.
 
     "Paris had been declared an open city.  General
Hering, military commander of Paris district, is with-
drawing his army which has been defending Paris.  All
possible measures are being taken to assure the security 
of life and property in the city.  The gendarmerie and
police are remaining and the firemen also remaining to
prevent fires.  General Dentz is remaining as commander
of the Paris area but without troops simply with the
gendarmerie and the police.
 
     Ambassador Bullitt is remaining in Paris with
the Military and Naval Attaches of the Embassy, the
Counselor of Embassy and six Secretaries of Embassy 
as the