892.014/11–1546
Memorandum of Conversation, by the Acting Chief of the Division of Southeast Asian Affairs (Landon)
| Participants: | M. Georges-Picot, French Ambassador to Venezuela; |
| Mr. Woodruff Wallner, WE; | |
| Mr. Kenneth P. Landon, SEA. |
M. Georges-Picot called to inform us that his Government was not satisfied with the phrase “previously repudiated by the French Government” in Article I of the proposed Règlement as the implication might be that the Agreement of May 9, 1941 was valid at one time and then was annulled. After considerable informal discussion it was suggested that M. Georges-Picot and Prince Wan exchange letters defining the phrase in order to make clear that the French Government had never regarded the May 9, 1941 Agreement as valid and that the Siamese Government took note of this point of view. M. Picot seemed to feel that this would solve the problem and left immediately to discuss the matter with Prince Wan.