President Truman admires the Legion of Merit Degree
President Truman admires the Legion of Merit Degree Medal he has just awarded Charles De Gaulle. Outside this ceremony, their August 1945 meetings were tense. Divisive issues included Truman's disapproval of inclusion of Communists in the French Provisional Government and Truman's refusal of DeGaulle request for control of the west bank of the Rhine. - (BSLOC_2014_17_17)
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11061924
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45264258
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3000px x 2282px
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Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
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Everett Collection
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