Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952–1954, Indochina, Volume XIII, Part 1

Editorial Note

On October 7, 1953, the Department of State received a note from the Embassy of Vietnam expressing appreciation for the United States decision to provide an additional $385 million for the war effort against the Viet Minh and stating the determination of Vietnam to intensify its prosecution of the war. The note was made public in Department of State Press Release No. 546, October 7, 1953; for text, see Department of State Bulletin, October 26, 1953, page 552.