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892.014/6–2846

Memorandum of Conversation, by the Assistant Chief of the Division of Southeast Asian Affairs (Landon)

[Washington,] June 28, 1946.

In the course of a conversation Mr. Winckler referred to the proposed French-Siamese Agreement, a copy of which had been provided the Department by the French Embassy on April 25,11 and to the Department’s oral comments made to an officer of the Embassy on May 9.12

Mr. Winckler stated that his Government was willing to accept the Department’s proposals if the United States Government could guarantee that Siam would return the disputed areas, but that without that guarantee his Government felt unable to make any alterations in the proposed terms.

I said that our position in regard to the disputed areas had been reaffirmed several times to Siam but that we could not guarantee the actions of another Government.

  1. See telegram 336, May 1, 7 p.m., to Bangkok, p. 989.↩
  2. See memorandum by the Chief of the Division of Southeast Asian Affairs, May 9, and annex thereto, p. 994.↩