Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1944, The British Commonwealth and Europe, Volume III

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Memorandum by President Roosevelt to the Secretary of State

Washington , August 28, 1944.

In regard to your memorandum of August 26th 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.⁴¹

The same thing applies to the Aide-Mémoire covering the French Committee’s proposals.⁴² 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]

41. Documentation on the Second Quebec Conference, September 11–16, 1944, is scheduled for publication in a subsequent volume of Foreign Relations.
42. For substance of French proposals, see Secretary Hull’s memorandum of October 10, infra.