France Restored: Cold War Diplomacy and the Quest for Leadership in Europe, 1944-1954 (49 page)

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change at the time, as has Bouvier, in his contribution to the
Libération
colloquium, "Sur la politique économique en 19441946."
39. De Gaulle has given his own justification in
Mémoires de guerre,
3: 11722, which included Mendès France's letter of resignation of April 2, 1945 (460).
40. Bloch-Lainé,
Profession: Fonctionnaire,
73.
41. Mioche has discussed these turf wars well, in
Le Plan Monnet,
3572.
42. Lacouture,
Pierre Mendès France,
60.
43. Mendés France to Hervé Alphand, secretary-general of the Comitè Economique, April 20, 1944, AN, F60, box 896.
44. Mioche,
Plan Monnet,
67. For a good summary of Mendès France's economic thinking, see Feiertag, "Pierre Mendès France: Acteur et témoin de la planification française, 19431962."
45.
Rapport de Jean Monnet: Resumé du plan de remise en marche rapide de l'économie française,
August 4, 1944, submitted to the CEI, AN, F60, box 896.
46.
Note
to the CEI, August 1, 1944; minutes of CEI meeting, August 16, 1944, AN, F60, box 896.
47. Monnet's activity with regard to lend-lease and its termination may be followed in memoranda of February 15, 1945, AN, F60, box 920; March 29, April 10, April 11, 1945, AN, F60, box 921; and June 22, 1945, AN, F60, box 922. On Monnet's wartime activity, see Nathan, "An Unsung Hero of World War II."
48. Mioche,
Plan Monnet,
citing an interview with Mendès France, 52.
49. Monnet to Palewski, November 11, 1945, Monnet Papers [microfiche], AN, AMF 1/6/2.

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