Foreign Relations of the United States, Conference at Quebec, 1944

851g.01/8–2844

The President to the Secretary of State

Washington , August 28, 1944.

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

In regard to your memorandum of August 26th¹ on the subject of questions raised by Lord Halifax in reference to French Indo-China, I suggest this matter be deferred until after my meeting with the Prime Minister in Quebec.²

The same thing applies to the Aide-Mémoire covering the French Committee’s proposals.³ It should be remembered that in relation to (iv) participation in the planning of political warfare in the Far East involves one of the principal partners i.e. China.

F[ranklin] D. R[oosevelt]

1. Ante, p. 249.
2. Roosevelt also told Hull orally that lie planned to discuss the French proposals with Churchill at Quebec. See Foreign Relations, 1944, vol. iii, p. 776.
3. Ante, p. 247.