Conference files, lot 60 D 627, CF 261: Telegram
The United States Delegation to the Department of State
Secto 728. Repeated information Saigon 102. Tran Van Van, former Minister of National Economy and claiming to be Geneva observer of Vietnamese Front of National Safety (Hoa Hao, Cao Dai, Binh Xuyen, and Catholics) left copies of prise de position with USDel this morning.1
Van supports position Vietnamese delegation at conference, but criticizes it for not walking out at last minute. He attacks French Colonialists and Viet Minh for collusion and sell-out to Vietnam, accusing former of wishing to hold on to richest part of country, states that the Front will take up the fight for independence and unity.
Statement being pouched Department and Saigon.
- Not printed.↩