751G.94/139: Telegram
The Chargé in France (Matthews) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 23—12:05 a.m.]
606. Chauvel telephones me that a long telegram has just been received from the French Ambassador at Tokyo. It stated that the [Page 143] Japanese have refused to give the French additional time to consider the new demands made by the Japanese military authorities at Hanoi (see my telegram 605, Sept. 22, noon). Chauvel said that the French have not modified their position. Since no news has been received this afternoon from their authorities in Indo-China, he considers that this silence may indicate that hostilities have commenced.