KD (Paris) This telegram must be Vichy closely paraphrased be- fore being communicated Dated August 1, 1941 to anyone. (SC) Rec'd 6:46 a.m., 2d Secretary of State, Washington. 970, August 1, 4 pm (SECTION FIVE) The Marshal then stated, glancing at a paper which had been prepared for him, that he understands our press is becoming ber critical of France and that it is urging either an American or British attack on Dakar, or a Gaullist move "so that France could not say the Colony was being taken from her." "That," said the Marshal, "we cannot, of course, accept." As to the Russian campaign about which they talked later, the Admiral said that we must recognize that Germany has rendered a great service to Europe; that the Russian Amry has proved much stronger than anyone, including the Germans had thought, both as to quantities of material and the qualities of its General Staff. That Army would have swept over the entire Europe had the Germans not attacked them and one only had to look at the faces of Russian soldiers to guess what would left of the Continent. Russian losses were |