Office of the Historian

Discussions regarding the future status of French Indochina and French participation in its liberation from Japanese occupation 1

1. Continued from Foreign Relations, 1944, vol. iii, pp. 769 ff. For the Department of State’s estimate of conditions in French Indochina at the end of the war and an account of United States policy in connection with this French colony, see the policy paper of June 22, pp. 556, 567. For previous documentation on postwar policy planning in regard to areas tinder Japanese control, see Foreign Relations, 1944, vol. v, pp. 1186 ff.

[169] Memorandum by President Roosevelt for the Secretary of State

Washington, January 1, 1945.

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[170] The Ambassador in China (Hurley) to the Secretary of State

Chungking, January 31, 1945.
[Received February 10.]

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[171] The Ambassador in China (Hurley) to the Secretary of State

Chungking, February 6, 1945—2 p.m.
[Received 2:25 p.m.]

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[172] The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Hurley)

Washington, February 16, 1945—8 p.m.

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[173] The French Ambassador (Bonnet) to the Secretary of State

Washington, March 12, 1945.

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[174] The French Ambassador (Bonnet) to the Secretary of State

Washington, 12 March, 1945.

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[175] The Ambassador in France (Caffery) to the Secretary of State

Paris, March 13, 1945—7 p.m.
[Received March 14—1:23 p.m.]

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[176] The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in France (Caffery)

Washington, March 19, 1945—midnight.

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[177] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Assistant Secretary of State (Dunn)

[Washington,] March 19, 1945.

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[178] The Ambassador in France (Caffery) to the Secretary of State

Paris, March 24, 1945—6 p.m.
[Received March 25—2:18 p.m.]

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[179] The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in France (Caffery)

Washington, March 29, 1945—8 p.m.

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[180] The Secretary of State to the French Ambassador (Bonnet)

Washington , April 4, 1945.

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[181] The French Ambassador (Bonnet) to the Secretary of State

Washington, April 14, 1945.

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[182] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in France (Caffery)

Washington, April 19, 1945—8 p.m.

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[183] The Secretary of State to the French Ambassador (Bonnet)

Washington , April 20, 1945.

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[184] The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in France (Caffery)

Washington, May 9, 1945—noon.

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[185] Memorandum by the Acting Secretary of State to President Truman

Washington, May 16, 1945.

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[187] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Acting Secretary of State

[Washington,] May 31, 1945.

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[188] The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Hurley)

Washington, June 2, 1945—7 p.m.

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[190] The Acting Secretary of State to the Chargé in China (Robertson)

Washington, October 5, 1945—6 p.m.

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[191] The Ambassador in France (Caffery) to the Secretary of State

Paris, October 12, 1945—7 p.m.
[Received October 13—1:30 a.m.]

851G.00/10–1245: Telegram

[192] The Ambassador in France (Caffery) to the Secretary of State

Paris, November 28, 1945.
[Received November 28—4:05 p.m.]

851G.00/11–2845: Telegram