OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICES                                                                 
               WASHINGTON, D.C.
                  15 June 1944
 
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
 
     I had prepared a memorandum for you on my talks with Admiral Fenard in London, who
told me that he was there at your instance on the de Gaulle matter.  Before I sent it, Mr. Stimson
called me, and since talking with him I have torn up that memorandum.  In view of the questions
raised by Mr. Stimson, I think it my duty to tell you what I said to him concerning my position.
     I told him that our intelligence clearly showed that there were many people in France,
particularly those in the Maquis resistance groups, who did not like the Algiers set-up.  I said also
there were many who did not look with favor upon de Gaulle as a political figure.  However, I
told him that in view of the present situation, there were many in the resistance groups, whatever
their view of de Gaulle as a political leader, who thought it advisable to have him in France now
as a