London
                                                                           Dated June 16, 1940.
                                                                            Rec'd. 4:28 p.m.
Secretary of State
     Washington
 
 
RUSH
 
1680  June 16,  9 p.m.
 
         PERSONAL AND STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL FOR THE SECRETARY. 
         I saw Halifax at 7 p.m. He said early this morning they had message here 
from Reynaud saying that French proposed asking President of the United States
 to ask Germany for an armistice and Reynaud wanted to know if the British would
 agree to let the French make a separate peace provided the French agreed not to
 include the French Fleet as one of the terms of agreement.
 
        British announced then agreement was not with a man or an aministrator
 (this in answer to the statement that Reynaud said that if the British did not
 agree to the separate peace Reynaud would resign and then a Govrnment might
 come in that would agree to everything that Hitler wanted).  However, the British
 would agree to let the French make a separate peace provided the French Fleet
 sailed at once for British ports and then  the British would fight on. They also
 told Campbell in separate agreement to have the Polish, Czechs and Belgium 
 Governments come here. Also have the French air force come  here or go