PAP                                                    PARIS
This telegram must be
closely paraphrased be-                                Dated May 14, 1940
fore being communicated
to anyone. (D)                                         Rec'd 8:10 p.m.
 
Secretary of State
 
     Washington
 
     RUSH
 
     659, May 14, 7 p.m. (SECTION FOUR)
 
     He then went on to say that he had just talked with British Prime Minister on the
telephone. The British had been obsessed by the idea that the seizure of Belgium and the
Neterlands was merely a preparation for air attacks on England. He had convinced Churchill at
last that the real objective of the German army was the destruction of the French army and
Churchill had agreed to send all the British planes available to assist the French in the Montmedy
Sedan ssctor.
     Reynaud again referred to the overwhelming effect of the attack of heavy tanks combined
the incessant bombing from the air.
     In conclusion he thanked me with genuine gratitude for having given him the information I
had communicated and not only of Europe and of Africa, but also the rest of the world by a
barbarism which would crush twenty centuries of Christian civilization.
     (END OF MESSAGE)
 
                                        BULLITT