CK                                                (Paris)
This telegram must be                        Bordeaux
closely paraphrased be-
fore being communicated                   Dated June 15, 1940
to anyone. (Br)
                                                  Rec'd 2:48 a.m.
 
Secretary of State
 
     Washington
 
     TRIPLE PRIORITY
 
     3, June 15, 5 p.m.
 
     I feel that I should make it entirely clear that
 
the French Government is now faced with only two
 
alternatives namely to sue for peace which would of
 
course  have to be unconditional or to move to North
 
Africa and continue the fight. The decision as to which
 
to take will depend on the nature of your reply and the
 
encouragement or lack thereof contained in it.
 
     If the formet is chosen it is probable that your
 
mediation will be asked with a view to reducing the
 
harshness of the German terms -- the probable severity
 
of which I believe is too dimly realized even by the
 
Government. Those that advocate surrender stress the
 
very real likelihood of uprising of an enraged people
 
against the masters, both political and industrial, who 
 
have so criminally betrayed and deceived them: the
 
innocent will suffer with guilty and much blood will flow.
 
They