851g.01/9–844

The Chief of the Division of Southwest Pacific Affairs (Moffat) to the Secretary of State

SMr. Secretary: At the conclusion of a conference with Mr. Dunn and Mr. Grew on the policies suggested in the attached memorandum [Page 261] for the President,1 I was requested to indicate to you that these are included in the memorandum so as to emphasize the need for correlating policies towards Indochina with policies towards the other regions in Southeast Asia; so as to have before the President, should the subject be raised in his conversations with Mr. Churchill, the objectives which EUR FE and NEA agree to be the most desirable for the United States; and so as to secure, if possible, basic guidance for the development within the Department of necessary policies and procedures relating to the regions of Southeast Asia.

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