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                            TELEGRAM
 
From    The Canadian Minister in France
 
To        The Secretary of State for External Affairs, Canada.
 
MOST SECRET AND PERSONAL
 
CYPHER
                                   Paris, June 10th, 1940.
No. 135
 
          No. 135. Most Secret and Personal. Military
 
Attache has asked me to send the following message, Begins:
 
               I was received by General Weygand late last 
 
night at his G.H.Q. Colonel Horace H. Fuller, United
 
States Military Attache at Paris accompanied me.
 
     General Weygand stated:
 
     (I) Present situation very critical and not 
 
hopeful;
 
     (2) Enemy have great numerical superiority in
 
men including fresh divisions;
 
     (3) French have inflicted heavy losses on the
 
enemy, men and war material, but French have suffered
 
heavy losses;
 
     (4) French will continue fighting as long
 
as the men have arms; this statement made twice in the
 
course of conversation. As heavy casualties occur on
 
both sides Germany will still have considerable strength
 
when France completely exhausted;
 
     (5) French have no reserve war material having
 
put all available men and armaments into the fight.
 
French and British armies lost great quantities of equip-
 
ment of all kinds in northern France. His only hope was
 
to obtain equipment already promised from the United
 
States. He also mentioned 75 calibre field guns
 
particularly,/