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ECRtiP - -4- 1901 OCTO ER 22 1 9 PM FROM PARIS PRESIDENT DE GAULLE INQUIRED WHAT COUNTRIES WERE EING INFORMED IN SIMILAR MANNER MR ACHESON REPLIED UK FRANCE GERMANY - PRESIDENT DE GAULLE WAS FRIENDLY RELAXED AND DEEPLY INTERESTED_ HE APPRECIATED SIGNIFICANCE OF SITUATION RAPIDLY AND O VIOUSLY FOUND HERE SU JECT WHICH INTERESTED HIM CONSIDERAeLY HIS CHEF DE CA INET WAS EXTREMELY COOPERATIVE IN MAINTAINING SECRECY OF INTERVIEW AND WE DROVE TO ELYSEE IN ELSYEE MOTORCARS AND WERE TAKEN IN ACK DOOR TO AVOID ANY LEAKAGE TO PRESS OF MR ACHESONtS VISIT 0 LYON DM J NOTE Advance copies to SS-0 10-22-62 CWO-M • aae201 21