Editorial Note
On August 4, 1953, during the course of an address to the Governors Conference at Seattle, Washington, President Eisenhower discussed the importance of United States aid to France in support of the war in Indochina in view of the significance of the latter with regard to the security of South and Southeast Asia. For text of the address, see Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953, pages 536–544. The portion of the speech pertaining to Indochina also is printed in Cameron, Viet-Nam Crisis, volume I, pages 203–204.