The President                        
 
                           July 5, 1943                     
 
                                                            
 
 
expressed his views. On my way out I had a few words with 
      Eden and got the impression from Eden that he personally was 
      not unsympathetic to your position and was quite satisfied to 
                 let the decision rest with you.            
 
                                                            
 
 
I spent the week end at Chequers. The de Gaulle question came 
      up a number of times and I can say with great assurance that 
      the Prime Minister is ready to seize any opportunity that opens 
      up in directing British Government policy or in public statements 
      in the Rouse in which he would take full responsibility for any 
      moves to control de Gaulle's ambitions to the point of his elimination 
                       if it comes to that.                 
 
                                                            
 
 
The Prime Minister was full of his speech which he has since 
      delivered on his receiving the freedom of the City of London. 
      He considered this a historic occasion and he put a great deal 
      into it. He had some arguments about what he should say about 
      China. I hope you are not too disappointed by the brevity of 
      his reference to China. He will always refuse to picture the 
      world reconstructed on flour great columns of which China is 
      one, but he is becoming a hit more unbending and realistic.