751G.00/3–2154: Telegram
The Ambassador at Saigon (Heath) to the Department of State
1753. Repeated information Paris 549, Tokyo 51, Manila 162. Last night (March 19) Navarre’s Chief of Staff telephoned DCM to say on behalf of Navarre and French General Staff how impressed and [Page 1137] appreciative they were of General Trapnell and MAAG, Saigon. Gambiez said “In the past three days MAAG has done the impossible”. This morning in conversation he elaborated and said that every major request made by French since battle of Dien Bien Phu had been met with a celerity and efficiency which was unparalleled in warfare.
I desire that this official commendation of General Trapnell and his staff be incorporated in their records with the Department of Defense.