751G.92/205: Telegram
The Minister in Thailand (Grant) to the Secretary of State
[Received January 26—8:33 a.m.]
41. My telegram No. 40, January 25, 6 p.m.59 Add the following: Garreau, the French Chargé d’Affaires, this morning renewed his proposal to the Thai Government which was sanctioned by Vichy that negotiations be resumed with the understanding that the French commission would accept the question of the rectification of the frontier on the right bank of the Mekong but only for consideration at the end of the war to which reference is made in my telegram number 36, January 24, 7 p.m. The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs denied to Garreau that any offer of mediation had been received from Japan. This afternoon Garreau was called to the Foreign Office and given a message from the Prime Minister categorically refusing the French proposal. The Deputy Minister made no reference to the Japanese offer to Thailand to mediate and Garreau received his first information of the offer and acceptance by Thailand from me late this afternoon.
Sent to Cavite for repetition to Department, Chungking, Shanghai, Hong Kong. Shanghai please repeat to Tokyo. Repeated to Singapore, Saigon.
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