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.