JT This telegram must be PARIS closely paraphrased be- fore being communicated Dated May 14, 1940 to anyone. (D) Rec'd 5:03 p.m. Secretary of State, Washington. RUSH 657, May 14, 7 p.m. ( SECTION TWO) I have talked with eyewitnesses of the German bombings in Belgium and Luxembourg, including the Archduke Otto and Bech, Foreign Minister of Luxembourg. Neither men, women, nor children are being spared and the tales of horror pass belief. No one in Paris doubts that Mussolini is contemplating pleasurably the infliction of similar atrocities. Information reaching the French Foreign Office today which Leger has just given me indicates moreover that the Italians are trying to provoke incidents which will give them an excuse for attacking France. The Italian colony in Tunis has become most provoccative and insults to French and English in Italy continue. BULLITT NPL |