6. It is inexact that at the Supreme Council which was held June 11 ( and not the 13), at Briare (and not at Tours), Mr. Winston Churchill refused any further assistance of the English air force. He promised, on the contrary, to study the question as soon as he returned to London. It is notless inexact that "for weeks, our soldiers had waited in vain for the English pursuit planes", for we recieved, at my daily instances, important assistance from the R.A.F. In the light of what has happened since, no one can reproach the prime minister for not having engaged in the battle of France the whole of an air force upon which, today, our chance of victory rests. As for the relation of words exchanged at that Supreme Council, it constitutes a lack of diplomatic correctness. Not long since, France had deportment. 7. It is inexact that President Roosevelt replied "rather evasively" to the message that I had sent to him on June 14. That is a failure to recognize the importance of his reply and the generosity that inspired it. In his telegram of June 15, which I read to the Council of Ministers, the President of the United States reminded me that, in response to my appeal, the American Government had, in the course of past weeks, supplied us with airplanes, guns (75's) and munitions of all kinds. Hw gave me, furthermore, the |