'MR FRANCE' AT CHARTWELL:



ADENAUER DR. (West German Chancellor) Shakes hands with Mendes-France after meeting at Brussels

CHARTWELL. Churchill's Kent Home. Meeting place for E.D.C.... present...Churchill, M. France, Eden, M. Massigli, Kirkpatrick... all met for European Defence talks.

CHURCHILL, Sir Winston. (see card 1.) Greets Mr. Menes-France at Biggin Hill airport....drive away in car...for meeting at Chartwell.

EDEN, Sir Anthony Arrives at Biggin Hill airport with wife for the meeting at Chartwell.

KIRKPATRICK, Sir Ivone (Foreign Secretary) CONSERVATIVE Arres at Chartwell for meeting with M. Massigli (French Ambassador).

MASSIGILI Mr French Foreign Minister Amongst those for the meeting at Chartwell.

MENDES-FRANCE, Pierre (Premier) Greeted at Biggin Hill airport by Winston Churchill.... good shots... for the Meeting at Chartwell.... at Biggin Hill before leaving speaks of his wartime experience... waves from plane.

MENDES-FRANCE, Pierre (Premier) In Brussels shake hands with Dr. Adenauer at the meeting to discuss European Defence.
Background: EUROPEAN DEFENCE 'MR FRANCE' AT CHARTWELL:

(STORY ; Starts six nations meeting on European defence ended in "deadlock" /. handshakes with French premier Mr Pierre Mendes-France and West German chancellor Konrad Adenauer/ then
Mr Mendes-France being greeted by Prime Minster Churchill (with cigar) at Biggin Hill airfield/ then arrival of Briitish Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden with wife to join talks at Charwell on western
European army/ Mendes- France and Churchill shaking hands at entrance to Chartwell/ Mendes--France spoke in English of French war time associations with Biggin Hill ( "friends of mine and comrades of
mine were stationed as forces in the common cause of freedom and peace which are our common causes) .