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Determined to avoid scandal, Premier Georges Bidault's cabinet made no public charges when it removed Revers. Instead, it placed him "at the disposal of the Prime Minister," and there was even talk that General Revers would get a new job, probably with Western Union headquarters at Fontainebleau. To succeed Revers as chief of staff, Bidault picked General Clement Blanc, a logistics expert who had directed the re-equipment of Free French forces in Africa with U.S. materials, and had served as General de Lattre de Tassigny's No. 2 man at Western Union headquarters. The French press...
...France, while French Communists shouted "Bradley Go Back to New York!", Bradley & friends drove to Fontainebleau to meet the Western Union commanders:Field Marshal Montgomery, General De Lattre de Tassigny, Air Chief Marshal Robb and Vice Admiral Jaujard. To counteract reports that he does not get on with his French colleague, Monty seized De Lattre by the arm, led him to the waiting guard of honor and pushed him ahead, right next to Bradley...
...hour and 50 minutes the brass consulted in Fontainebleau's "secret room." Main point of the discussions was what to do with the existing Western Union military organization (TIME, Aug. 1): scrap it for a new overall Atlantic Treaty setup, expand it to include all Atlantic Treaty countries, or make it one of four regional defense groups under an Atlantic Defense Committee? Presumably the Americans also heard arguments on the long-standing dispute between the British and French on whether or not the European continent could be defended against possible Russian attack...
...Matter of Hopes & Fears. Chief antagonists in the running strategic argument at Fontainebleau are Montgomery and De Lattre, who are incompatible personally because they are so much alike. Both are vain and flamboyant, both love authority and leadership. But the basic division is not one of personality: it cuts far deeper, into national hopes & fears. Fundamentally, the British distrust the French and do not believe that France and Western Europe could be successfully defended against attack. They foresee only another Dunkirk and want to keep their military commitments on the Continent to a minimum. The British attitude toward the defense...
Last week, as the going got rough in Washington, De Lattre was calm. Said his wife: "He has got very patient since he has gone to Fontainebleau-as patient as when he was in prison." Patiently, the man on a tightrope was waiting for America to commit an act of faith...