Word: orsay
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Quai d'Orsay the knowing gossipers said: "Gen. De Gaulle was in no mood to say yes to anything. It is far better that he said no to the invitation than no when asked for his approval of Yalta...
...exclusion from Yalta. General de Gaulle, who once said that the Rhineland must be French "from one end to the other," agreed to let the Belgians share in its occupation and to have an outlet on the Rhine. Brussels was pleased with the arrangement. The Quai d'Orsay was pleased with itself: "France," said an unofficial spokesman, "is thinking again in terms of resuming her old role of supporting the smaller powers...
Said the Quai d'Orsay: France has diplomatic obligations to Spain. The French Government had ordered all Spanish Maquis in the F.F.I, to withdraw ten miles from the Spanish border. Spanish consulates in France, occupied by Spanish Maquis, would be returned to Franco's consuls. There were reports that France and Spain would resume diplomatic relations...
...also had moral obligations to the Spanish Maquis. Through the League of Nations the French Government was seeking legal status* for some 50,000 refugees from Spain. Did this mean that Spanish exiles would henceforth be allowed to carry on political activities in France? Said the Qua! d'Orsay: "It is not yet certain...
...islands of Saint-Louis and La Cite, but the Hotel de Ville, the Palais de Justice, the mairies of all arrondissements and the suburbs of Boulogne, Issy and Chatillon. The Germans held a large circular area bounded by the Eiffel Tower, the Invalides, the Gare du Quai-d'Orsay, the Place de la Concorde, the Madeleine and the Grand Palais. They also had strong points at the Gare d'Austerlitz, the Gare du Nord and the Porte d'Orleans. What was holding up the column of General Leclerc was a road block outside Sceaux...