[ Les Français de Grande-Bretagne (Franco-British Liaison Committee), Second World War Free French organisation. ] Membership card of 'Sympathiser-Member' William R. Guillet, signed by him and by T. J. Guérille, President.

On both sides of a 7.5 x 12 cm card, with curved corners. A frail survival, heavily aged and worn. The text on the recto is printed in black, with the organisation's logo to the left in blue and red. The recto also has a large red 'S' superimposed at centre, and carries the two signatures, that of Guérille certifying that Guillet has been 'enrolled as a Sympathiser-Member'. Printed on the reverse are the 'Aims of the Association': 'To continue the war at the side of the British Government and of our Allies. | To co-operate with General de Gaulle's Free French Forces. | To unite all French people. | To consolidate the Entente Cordiale. | The Association is the only recognised body of loyal French civilians who have pledged themselves to the British Government and General de Gaulle.' Considering the claims made on the reverse of the card, it is curious that little information is availaible concerning it. Perhaps it was a movement inspired by De Gaulle's speech at the Albert Hall in March 1941 ("Discours prononce par le general de Gaulle a la reunion des Francais de Grande-Bretagne, a Londres, le 1er mars 1941"). Scarce: no copy at the Imperial War Museum, and the only other copy traced at the National Library of Scotland.