HSM                                                         London
This telegram must be 
closely paraphrased be-                                     Dated June 14, 1940
fore being communicated 
to anyonE. (D)                                              Rec'd 10:40 a. m.
 
 
Secretary of State, 
 
     Washington.
 
 
     TRIPLE PRIORITY
 
     1349, June 14, noon.
 
          PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL FOR THE PRESIDENT.
 
          I talked with Churchill at 9:20 this morning and made 
 
perfectly clear to him your attitude regarding publication 
 
of your message to Reynaud. On my arrival at the office 
 
this morning I received your personal and confidential 
 
message transmitted in the State Department's 1643, June 14, 
 
1 p.m. I immediately called Churchill on the telephone 
 
about 11:30 and, Johnson being present while I was talking, 
 
repeated to him the sense of your statement and explained 
 
again clearly that there was no authority in the United 
 
States Government except in Congress to make any commit-
 
ment regarding war. Churchill was obviously terribly dis-
 
appointed as he had counted on publication of this message 
 
to put a little stiffening into the French backbone. I told 
 
him of your desire that any misapprehension which might
 
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