Office of the Historian

851G.00/6–1246

The Department of State to the French Embassy

The Department of State has received the French Embassy’s note no. 465 of June 21, 1946,52 in which it is requested that transportation of the Second Chinese Honor Division from Haiphong to Japan be expedited.

The Department of State is well aware of the desirability of expediting the departure of remaining Chinese troops from northern Indochina. Final agreement on the detailed arrangements for the [Page 48] participation of Chinese troops in the occupation of Japan is expected to be reached within a few days. Every effort is being made to expedite this final agreement, and immediately thereafter steps will be taken to ensure the prompt transport of the Second Honor Division from Haiphong to Japan.53

Washington, July 2, 1946.
  1. Not printed.↩
  2. Vice Consul O’Sullivan, in telegram 90, October 9, 1946, 8 a.m., from Hanoi, reported: “All troops of Chinese Second Division of Honor have evacuated Haiphong by ship for Shanghai.” (851G.00/10–946)↩