Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952–1954, The Geneva Conference, Volume XVI

751G.00/5–654:Telegram

The United States Delegation to the Department of State

confidential

Geneva, May 6, 1954—11 a.m.

Secto 111. Repeated information Saigon 35, Paris 204, London 124. Reference Saigon telegram 2202 repeated Geneva 44, Paris 752.¹ I concur with Saigon that the Secretary might at his next press conference, in reply to a question regarding possible partition of Vietnam, say that the United States advocates a solution firmly based upon the independence, unity and the territorial and political integrity of Vietnam.

Smith

1. Not printed. (751G.00/5–454)