The interest of the United States in opposition to the restoration of French rule in Indochina 1

1. Continued from Foreign Relations, 1948, volume vi . Additional documentation on French Indochina is included in the material on general U.S. policies with respect to East Asian-Pacific area, scheduled for publication in part 2 of the present volume. Documentation on U.S. policy toward Indochina during 1949 also appears in United States Department of Defense, United States-Vietnam Relations, 1945–1967, 12 vols. (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1971), Books 1 and 8.


[1] The Ambassador in France (Caffery) to the Acting Secretary of State

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[2] The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in France

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[3] The Ambassador in France (Caffery) to the Acting Secretary of State

851G.00/1–1949: Telegram


[4] The Ambassador in France (Caffery) to the Acting Secretary of State

851G.01/1–2049: Telegram


[5] The Ambassador in France (Caffery) to the Secretary of State

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[6] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in France

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[7] The Ambassador in France (Caffery) to the Secretary of State

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[8] The Ambassador in France (Caffery) to the Secretary of State

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[9] The Ambassador in France (Caffery) to the Secretary of State

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[10] The Ambassador in France (Caffery) to the Secretary of State

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[11] The Ambassador in France (Caffery) to the Secretary of State

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[12] The Consul General at Saigon (Abbott) to the Secretary of State

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[13] The Ambassador in France (Caffery) to the Secretary of State

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[14] The Ambassador in France (Caffery) to the Secretary of State

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[15] The Ambassador in France (Caffery) to the Secretary of State

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[16] The Consul at Hanoi (Gibson) to the Secretary of State

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[17] The Consul at Saigon (Colebrook) to the Secretary of State

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[19] The Secretary of State to the Consulate General at Saigon

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[20] The Consul at Hanoi (Gibson) to the Secretary of State

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[21] The Secretary of State to the Consulate General at Saigon

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[22] The Consul General at Saigon (Abbott) to the Secretary of State

851G.01/5–649: Telegram


[23] The Ambassador in France (Caffery) to the Secretary of State

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[24] The Secretary of State to the Consulate General at Saigon

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[25] The Consul at Hanoi (Gibson) to the Secretary of State

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[27] The Secretary of State to the Consulate General at Saigon

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[28] The Secretary of State to the Consulate at Hanoi

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[30] The Ambassador in France (Bruce) to the Secretary of State

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