751G.92/125: Telegram
The Chargé in France (Murphy) to the Secretary of State
Vichy, December 11, 1940—5
p.m.
[Received 8:52 p.m.]
[Received 8:52 p.m.]
1117. Chauvel confirmed to me yesterday Laval’s statements regarding French refusal of the Japanese offer to arbitrate the Indochina–Thailand conflict. He thought that for the time being an effort [Page 234] would be made to settle matters directly between Indochina and Thailand. He promised to show me the telegram [to] Tokyo now in preparation as soon as it had been approved.
Murphy