Of the sufferings of our army, the radio brought yesterday
the following statement:
     "Reynaud, a docile tool in the hands of Churchill,
thought that it was not useless to sacrifice thousands
of French lives in order to allow the English to re-embark
and to destroy their materiel."
     In form, that is Fardonnet.  Let us pass over that.
     In substance, that is one of the gravest accusations
that can be directed against the former head of a French
government.
     You know that it is false.
     You know that, far from being willing to sacrifice
French lives uselessly while awaiting for the long
periods (a week, in fact) required for the conclusion
of an armistice, I proposed, on the contrary, a surrender
similar to that of the Dutch army and the continuation 
of the combat beside our allies, at sea and in our Empire.
     You know that, on the first point, I had convinced 
you, since at the cabinet meeting held on June 15th at
Bordeaux you left the council chamber, at my request, 
to go to General Weygand and try to convince him, and
that you failed, which would have led me to relieve him
of his command if, at that same meeting, the cabinet had
not declared itself for the principle of the armistice.
     You know, from having been present at the meetings 
of the Supreme Council held in France, that, far from having