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          In the afternoon I had separate interview of approximately two hours each with MM. 
 
Chautemps and Bonnet.  In my conversation with the former, M. Chautemps indicated an entirely 
 
receptive attitude towards the possibility of the negotiation of a peace with the present 
 
Government of Germany, provided that the political terms of such a peace agreement included the 
 
reconstitutlon of Poland, the independence of Bohemia and Moravia, and the independence of 
 
Austria. He insisted that the Austrian people desired their liberty and independence, and that no
 
plebiscite was either necessary or expedient. With regard to the possibility of obtaining security 
 
for France through an international agreement for the destruction of offensive armaments, and for 
 
the maintenance of an international police power, he said that his mind was entirely open and that 
 
if some practicable plan could be devised which would give real security to France he, personally, 
 
would strongly reoommend .the entr~ce upon negotiations of that character rather than a 
 
continuation of the war.
 
          We talked at some length upon the economic features of a lasting peace, and he assured 
 
me that his own belief was that in the interests of France herself France should adopt the liberal 
 
policy supported by the United States.
 
          In my conversation with M. Bonnet, the latter gave me a detailed account of the history of 
 
negotiations between Germany and France since September 1938. There was nothing of any 
 
importance in his relation beyond an account of correspondence and conversations already 
 
published in the French Yellow Book. He Insisted upon it that when Ribbentrop came to Paris 
 
early in December of 1938,