893.77/3363: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Gauss)
Washington, October 11,
1943—6 p.m.
1461. Reference Chinese operation of French Indochina-Yunnan railway (Department’s 1230 and Embassy’s 1777 and 1865). French Committee here has again informally approached Department. It appears that French employees of the railway have been given notice [Page 892] by the Chinese to vacate railway residences by October 31. In your discretion, you may mention this situation casually to the Foreign Office and express an interest in equitable treatment being accorded the French.
Hull