Discussions regarding the future status of French Indochina and French participation in its liberation from Japanese occupation 1

1. Continued from Foreign Relations, 1944, vol. iii, pp. 769 ff. For the Department of State’s estimate of conditions in French Indochina at the end of the war and an account of United States policy in connection with this French colony, see the policy paper of June 22, pp. 556, 567. For previous documentation on postwar policy planning in regard to areas tinder Japanese control, see Foreign Relations, 1944, vol. v, pp. 1186 ff.


[169] Memorandum by President Roosevelt for the Secretary of State

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[170] The Ambassador in China (Hurley) to the Secretary of State

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[171] The Ambassador in China (Hurley) to the Secretary of State

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[172] The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Hurley)

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[173] The French Ambassador (Bonnet) to the Secretary of State

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[174] The French Ambassador (Bonnet) to the Secretary of State

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[175] The Ambassador in France (Caffery) to the Secretary of State

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[176] The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in France (Caffery)

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[177] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Assistant Secretary of State (Dunn)

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[178] The Ambassador in France (Caffery) to the Secretary of State

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[179] The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in France (Caffery)

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[180] The Secretary of State to the French Ambassador (Bonnet)

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[181] The French Ambassador (Bonnet) to the Secretary of State

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[182] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in France (Caffery)

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[183] The Secretary of State to the French Ambassador (Bonnet)

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[184] The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in France (Caffery)

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[185] Memorandum by the Acting Secretary of State to President Truman

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[187] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Acting Secretary of State

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[188] The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Hurley)

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[190] The Acting Secretary of State to the Chargé in China (Robertson)

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[191] The Ambassador in France (Caffery) to the Secretary of State

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[192] The Ambassador in France (Caffery) to the Secretary of State

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