AS-2- No.939, Nov. 12, 4 p.m. (SECTION ONE), fr. Vichy.
 
support from the United States.  Apparently Mademoiselle Mollet was motivated solely by a
misguided desire to see her chief released from prison and had received intimations that such a
statement would mean the end of the Riom trial as far as he was concerned.  She was entirely
unsuccessful in her efforts much to the relief of my informant and Daladier's attorney.  During this
period neither of the latter were permitted to leave the occupied territory to see the former Prime
Minister.  (I learn from Reynaud's daughter that Mademoiselle Mollett was also sent in vain to try
to extract some compromising statement from Reynaud).
 
                                   MATTHEWS
 
TFV