Office of the Historian

851G.01/12–1749

The Secretary of State to the French Ambassador (Bonnet)1

The Secretary of State presents his compliments to His Excellency the Ambassador of France, and has the honor to inform him that the exchange of letters which took place on March 8, 1949 between M. Vincent Auriol, President of the French Union, and Bao Dai has been brought to the attention of the President.2

President Truman wishes to congratulate M. Vincent Auriol, President of the French Union, on the conclusion of these agreements and to extend his best wishes for their successful implementation.

Washington, December 17, 1949.
  1. President Truman on December 3 approved sending this note in response to President Auriol’s note transmitted by the French Ambassador in his note 280, August 31; see footnote 1, p. 74.↩
  2. Memorandum of November 29, not printed.↩