(TRANSLATION) CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION Vals, April 23, 1941 Marshal: I regret having to write to you again. I hope that this letter will be the last one. The national broadcasts declare (they have just re- peated it) that we are responsible for the war, into which England plunged us with the aid of the Jews and the Freemasons. You know, as do all Frenchmen, that that is a historic lie. Those who disseminate it in your name doubtless believe that they are serving the country. History will relate, I believe, that this cam- paign conducted prior to the treaty of peace constitutes a crime against our native land. But that does not con- cern me any more than other Frenchmen. What do concern me are the calumnies which the radio continues to broadcast about me. They tend to cause me to believe that my letter of April 5th was not handed to you, the reciept of which, in violation of an old French tradition, has not been acknowledged to me. Of these new calumnies, I will speak of only one. With regard to the request for armistice made on June 12th, at the first cabinet meeting at Cange (Cagney?) By Genreal Weygand, after a pathetic picture |