De Gaulle visits beachhead area
French are instructed to resume civil organization
London, England (AP) –
The French Committee of National Liberation reported today that Gen. Charles de Gaulle during his trip to the Normandy beachhead had “left everywhere instructions regarding resumption of civil administration, organization of supplies, and public relief.
In a communiqué issued through the French Press Service, the committee said de Gaulle had been given a “most moving demonstration of courage and devotion by the population of Isigny and that elsewhere he was greeted in the same atmosphere of immense fervor.”
De Gaulle, back in Britain after a triumphant reception on French soil, today laid before British and American political and military councils a claim of enthusiastic support from newly-liberated Frenchmen to back his demand for recognition of the French Committee of National Liberation as the voice of France.
De Gaulle was said to be planning tentatively to return briefly to Algiers to report to the French Consultative Assembly on the result of his discussions with the British and with Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, before proceeding to America to see President Roosevelt.
The London press hailed the general’s swift trip to the Normandy front with the expressed hope it would help solve the ticklish situation.
De Gaulle warmly hailed during brief visit to France
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