( ( ?-.C:~ C2 ?ARIS 19304 221922Z .~'-3 Li C.~SE .QF 8UBA' o:.JLY :.~THC:~J DA:·JGER JF z~~8ROACHME:.JT IN THESE S:-t?S::E S EX I ST S •. -EU?QPE ~·rn. 1 LAST ~fIGHT SAIJ: "THERE IS !;{\CIT AND SINISTSR: A3?EEMENT BETWEEN TWO BlGPO~E~S. U~ITED STATES ~ILL NO MORE MOVE FOR pqAGUE THAN IT DID FOR SUDA?~ST. ALL T~IS BECAUSE OF ­YAL!A •.IN I~VADING CZECHOSLOVAKIA u.s.s.R. WAS-ASSURED OF FREE HAND." 3. IF NO, comrrER FOHTHCOM-ING TO DEGAULLE INTERPRETATION, HE ·\JILL PLAY LINE AS FAR AS HE CAN, AND I WOULD LIKE TO MINIMIZE THIS INTELLECTUAL PROBLEM IN u.s.-FRENCH RELATIONS AT A TIME WHEN COOPERATION BETWEEN US SHOULD BE AS FULL AS POSSIBLE. 4. HAVING HJ MIND PREDICTABLE RESULTS OF THIS LINE ON FRENCH OPINION AND POTENTIAL OF AFP FO~ PROPAGATING IT IN AFRICA, LATIN AM~R_ICA AND. SOUTHEAST ASLC\, I BELIEVE WE SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ST~PS TO CLARIFY WHAT WAS AGREED AT YALTA, AND STATE IT WAS.ONLY \ SOVIET VIOLATIONS OF YALTA THAT LED TO FORMATION OF OPPOSING 9LOCS. WE WILL SE WORKING· QUIETLY WITH INFLUENTIAL JOURNALISTS IN PARIS AND PROVI~CES, AND WITH OTHERS WHOSE PUBLIC VIEW~ CARRY WEIGHT. 3UT MORE IS NEEDED, AND ·1 WONDER WHETHER EFFORT MIGHT NOT I BE MADE IN WASHINGTON TO GET FRENCH CORRESPONDENTS AND AFP· REPRESENTATIVES_ TO WRITE ALONG ABOVE LINES. PERHAPS AP, UPI AND A FEW KEY AMERICAN COLUMNISTS COULD ALSO BE ENLISTED TO REITERATE FACTS, USING DEGAUtLE·s cor1MillllQUE AS A PEG. AUTHORilATlVE. ' /' I , 3.l\CKGROUNDING BY CHIP BOHLEN WOULD BE INVALUABU! HERE. \ 5. IN ADDITION TO ABOVE, AND AS GOVERNOR HARRIMAN HAS SUGGESTED TO YOU, I BELIEVE YOUR SETTING THS RECORD STRAIGHT WITH LUGE! AND MY. DOING THE SAME HERE WILL BE MOST HELPFUL. GP-3. SHRIVER -. i