PAP PARIS This telegram must be closely paraphrased be- Dated May 14, 1940 fore being communicated to anyone. (D) Rec'd 8:05 p.m. Secretary of State Washington RUSH 657, May 14, 7 p.m. (SECTION FIVE) (Three) It has been suggested to me by many persons that you might let Mussolini know privately that in case he should go to war at this time as Hitler's ally you would do everything in your power to cut off from Italy all immigrant remittances and other funds which Italy ordinarily receives from the United States. (Four) All the members of the government including Reynaud, the Senators, and others with whom I have talked today have implored me to obtain more planes immediately and have become exceedingly depressed when I explained that so far as I knew no plans were available. You will have thought of other possible methods of influencing Mussolini and I do not wish to make this telegram any longer but I must and it by saying the unless action is immediate it will come too late and that no one in France, general or statesman, believes that France can resist an attack by Italy at this time when every available man |