751G.94/175: Telegram
The Chargé in France (Matthews) to the Secretary of State
Vichy, September 27, 1940—7
p.m.
[Received 7:45 p.m.]
[Received 7:45 p.m.]
651. Chauvel tells me the situation in Indochina has greatly improved; word has just been received from Hanoi that Japanese advance posts in the Langson area have begun to withdraw; that some 2,000 troops which debarked at Dosan are to be considered as part of the 6,000 agreed upon and that the commander of the Canton army is being removed.
He said in strict confidence that this “improvement” had required intervention from the highest quarter, namely the Emperor, to bring it about.
Matthews