THE FRENCH COMMUNIST PARTY
WAS ITS POLICY PROS 1939 o 1941 JUSTIFIED?
by KATHLEEN FORSYTHE WYSONG
A THESIS Presented to the Deportment oS History and the Rotors Council of the University of Oregon in partial fulfillmentt of the requirements for the degree of Bacheler of Arts With Honors Soy 1949 1 I ;1;t ON 1, ON
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TAM OP CONTENTS
Obsptor Pegs INTRODUCTION0• ***** • *** •• ii***********1
IX * THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PARTY FROM 1920 TO 1939************** 3
III * THE COMMUNISTS" "DELICATE PERIOD**. AUGUST 1939 TO JUNE 1941 * a * * * * • *26
IV. PROS AND CONS OF THE *DELICATE PERIOD*••4****************66
CONCLUSION •• •••••••• ••. • * • ••• 62
BIBLIOGRAPHY* *******.• 0*** • •••••••64 CHAPTER2
INTRODUCTION
A careful study of the Freneh Communist Party s history provides ample evidence to prove that this group closely follows the Soviet line .. whether by direct orders from Mow, or by attentive observation of the Soviet s movers is immaterial There is no other logical explanation of the Party s zigzags in 1933,E 1939, end, 1941 However, the more fundamental problem to be resolved concerns the justi- fication for so-tortuous a policy. The French Communists today era extremely proud of their record, and they claim to be the only party that has consistently pursued a pro- gram designed for the good of Freeness There are many Frenchmen, though, who not only fail to agree with such statement but who also accuse the Communists of having be. trayed France