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This telegram must be                             Paris
closely paraphrased                               
before being communi-                             Dated May 28, 1940
cated to anyone. (D)                                   
                                             Rec'd 7:22 p.m.
 
Secretary of State,
 
     Washington
 
     Rush
     
     929, May 28, 10 p.m. (SECTION TWO)
 
     Since this is the position of the Belgian Government the question of the opinion of the
French Government does not rise and the children will remain in France.
     In discussing the action of the king, Spaak said that since the beginning of the war the
Belgian Ministers had been shocked to perceive on many occasions that the King had no sense of
loyalty whatsoever to his Allies.  They had tried to impress on him the fact that since he had
appealed to the British and French for aid, he was abliged to give every help in his power to the
French and British.  He had said if the Germans asked him to do anything against the French and
British he would abdicated at once.  The fact was that he had committed the most terrible act of
treachery and a crime against the French and British and apparently was so without moral sense
that he did not realize the depth of his infamy.
     (END MESSAGE)
                                   BULLITT
HPD