Trinité magazine - Spring 2020

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U.S. Ambassador William C. Bullitt is shown here leaving The American Cathedral after the
Memorial Day service May 30, 1940, two weeks before the German Occupation of Paris
began. Behind on his right, military attaché Col. Horace Fuller, with assistant (naval) attaché
Capt. Roscoe Hillenkoetter on his left. When the State Department told Bullitt to evacuate Paris,
as the French government had done, he cabled in return: “The fact that I am here is a strong
element in preventing a fatal panic. Remember Gouverneur Morris and his wooden leg in the
Terror, Washburne in the Commune, Herrick [in WWI]. It will mean something always to the
French and to the Foreign Service that we do not leave though others do. Following in French:
J’y suis. J’y reste. End French.” (Photo ECPAD DG 50 719)