Foreign Relations of the United States, 1946, The Far East, Volume VIII

751.92/5–146: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Chargé in Siam (Yost)

secret

Washington, May 1, 1946—7 p.m.

336. For your info French Embassy furnished Dept draft proposed French-Siamese treaty.³⁴ Text practically identical Singapore Agreement³⁵ except:

(A) Omits Arts 13, 14, 15 and 17.

(B) Instead Art 2 para E provides repurchase piastres or francs Siamese notes collected by French in Indochinese territories occupied by Siam after June 12, 1940.

(C) Requires repatriation Siamese expense in agreement with French authorities all persons originally coming from territories annexed May 9, 1941 who were displaced by Siamese authorities after June 12, 1940.

(D) Term “property, rights and interests” defined to include French charitable and educational establishments, pensions to French nationals, stocks and concessions granted prior to and still valid June 12, 1940.

(E) Provisions pending conclusion new commercial and consular treaty similar Brit Art XI except omission “except where treaty specifically authorizes such action” and “on grounds of nationality”.

(F) Aviation para requires negotiation civil aviation agreement not less favorable than those granted other Govts. Pending its conclusion Siamese to permit French airline planes freely fly over and land Siam.

Sent Bangkok. Repeated Saigon. Sent Paris and London as airgram.³⁶

Acheson

34. On April 25; the draft, undated, is not printed.
35. The agreement of January 1, 1946, ending the state of war between the United Kingdom and Siam.
36. The airgrams to Paris and London were sent on May 2 as Nos. 501 and 714, respectively.