Louis Renault en juin 1940 à Washington © Haris & Ewing/Library of Congress – Washington DC

French manufacturer talks tanks with President Roosevelt. Washington, D.C., June 11.

Louis Renault, prominent French auto manufacturer, leaving the White House today after a conference with President Roosevelt on war material production. Renault said he was interested chiefly in mass production of tanks, and his discussion with Mr. Roosevelt was a prelude to conferences during the next few days with leading American industrialists. His interpreter said he would probably see William S. Knudsen and Henry Ford

Le président Franklin Delano Roosevelt © Library of Congress – Washington DC

L’ambassadeur de France à Washington, René de Saint-Quentin, en avril 1937 © Harris & Ewing – Library of Congress