851G.00/5–1446: Telegram
The Vice Consual at Hanoi (O’Sullivan) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 15—3:25 p.m.]
15. Viet Nam Delegation to Dalat arrived in Hanoi May 12 by plane. Next step will be to send Viet Nam Delegation to Paris to [Page 42] undertake formal negotiations there. Viet Nam Delegation which at present is in France is only good will mission and has no political powers. Impression given following return of Viet Nam Delegation from Dalat is that Dalat Conference gave both parties opportunity to explain their positions and for this reason had a certain value. However, comparatively little progress was made to reconcile divergent views on political, economic or cultural questions.