Office of the Historian

751G.00/3–652: Telegram

The Ambassador in France (Bruce) to the Department of State

confidential
Paris, March 6, 1952—9 p.m.
[Received 11:41 p.m.]

5384. Rptd info Moscow 159, Saigon 310, Rome, London, Bonn, Berlin unn.

Front page today’s Humanité contains msg CPF central comite signed Duclos1 to “Mr. President and dear comrade” Ho Chi Minh on occasion anniversary founding of Lien-Viet (League for National Independence) congratulating him and his people on recent successes in struggle for independence and peace. Central comite assures Ho of “active solidarity French people and working class” and condemns criminal war whose aims are contrary to true interests of France. Letter states defeat of French colonialists will at same time strike heavy blow against Amer warmongers seeking to dominate world.

Emb off discussed this treasonable msg with high FonOff official who expressed indignation its publication, particularly at this time when French policy Indochina subj such controversy, but gave no clue whether govt considering taking any retaliatory steps.

Bruce
  1. Jacques Duclos, Secretary of the French Communist Party; President of the Communist Group in the National Assembly.↩