851G.00/5–2146: Telegram
The Vice Consul at Hanoi (O’Sullivan) to the Secretary of State
Hanoi, May 21, 1946—1
p.m.
[Received May 22—1:30 p.m.]
[Received May 22—1:30 p.m.]
21. Foreign Minister Nyugen Tuong Tarn today informed me he expected negotiations would commence about June 15 and he thought they would last about 20 days.
Tam indicated that Vietnamese delegation might be composed of as many as 30 persons. He said that personnel had not yet been decided upon but that it was possible Ho Chi Minh might head mission.
Sent Dept; repeated Nanking, Saigon informed airmail.
O’Sullivan