851G.00/6–146: Telegram

The Consul at Saigon (Reed) to the Secretary of State

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212. Commissioner for Cochin China announces June 1 will be a holiday on occasion announcement Provisional Annamite Government of Cochin China. Believed there will be strong reaction in north and it is possible that French may have endangered continued peaceable negotiations with Viet Nam. However, French may feel strong enough now to risk open break.

Reed