Office of the Historian

Policy of the United States with respect to Indochina, 1953: Declining French military fortunes; the Viet Minh invasion of Laos; accelerated United States aid for Indochina

[282] The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in France

Washington, May 16, 1953—5:32 p.m.

330/5–1653: Telegram

[283] The Chargé at Saigon (McClintock) to the Department of State

Saigon, May 16, 1953—7 p.m.

851G.10/5–1653: Telegram

[284] The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in France

Washington, May 18, 1953—5:14 p.m.

711.5851G/5–1853: Telegram

[285] The Chargé at Saigon (McClintock) to the Department of State

Saigon, May 20, 1953—7 p.m.
[Received 2:55 p.m.]

751G.00/5–2053: Telegram

[286] The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in France

Washington, May 20, 1953—6:33 p.m.

711.5851G/5–1953: Telegram

[287] The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in France

Washington, May 21, 1953—12:41 p.m.

751.551/5–2153: Telegram

[288] The Chargé at Saigon (McClintock) to the Department of State

Saigon, May 21, 1953—11 p.m.

751G.13/5–2153: Telegram

[289] The Ambassador in France (Dillon) to the Department of State

Paris, May 23, 1953—2 p.m.

751G.00/5–2353: Telegram

[290] The Ambassador in France (Dillon) to the Department of State

Paris, May 23, 1953—6 p.m.

751G.5/5–2353: Telegram

[291] The Chargé at Saigon (McClintock) to the Department of State

Saigon, May 24, 1953—9 p.m.

751G.00/5–2453: Telegram

[292] The Chargé at Saigon (McClintock) to the Department of State

Saigon, May 26, 1953—7 p.m.

751G.00/5–2653: Telegram

[293] The Ambassador in France (Dillon) to the Department of State

Paris, May 29, 1953—8 p.m.
[Received 9:08 p.m.]

751G.00/5–2953: Telegram

[294] The Consul at Hanoi (Sturm) to the Department of State

Hanoi, May 29, 1953—6 p.m.
[Received May 30—4: 30 a.m.]

751G.13/5–2953: Telegram

[295] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Secretary of State

[Washington,] June 1, 1953.

751G.00/6–153

[296] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Thailand

Washington, June 1, 1953—6:59 p.m.

751J.00/6–153: Telegram

[297] The Chargé at Saigon (McClintock) to the Department of State

Saigon, June 2, 1953—5 p.m.

751G.00/6–253: Telegram

[298] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in France

Washington, June 3, 1953—4:46 p.m.

751G.5/5–2353: Telegram

[299] Memorandum by the Secretary of State to the President

[Washington,] June 3, 1953.

Secretary’s Letters, lot 56 D 459

[300] National Intelligence Estimate

Washington, 4 June 1953.

INR-NIE files

[301] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in France

Washington, June 5, 1953—7:45 p.m.

751G.00/5–2953: Telegram

[302] The Chargé at Saigon (McClintock) to the Department of State

Saigon, June 6, 1953—6 p.m.

711.5851G/6–653: Telegram

[303] Memorandum by James P. Hendrick to C. Tyler Wood

[Washington,] June 10, 1953.

MSA files, FRC Ace. No. 56 A 632, folder 2A233

[304] Memorandum by the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the Secretary of Defense (Wilson)

[Washington,] 11 June 1953.

JCS Records, CCS.092 Asia (6–25–48), sec. 42

[305] The Chargé at Phnom Penh (Montllor) to the Department of State

Phnom Penh, June 15, 1953—midnight.

751H.11/6–1553: Telegram

[306] The Ambassador in France (Dillon) to the Department of State

Paris, June 16, 1953—9 p.m.

751H.00/6–1653: Telegram

[307] The Ambassador in France (Dillon) to the Department of State

Paris, June 17, 1953—7 p.m.

751G.00/6–1753: Telegram

[308] The Consul at Hanoi (Sturm) to the Department of State

Hanoi, June 18, 1953—6 p.m.

751G.00/6–1853: Telegram

[309] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in France

Washington, June 19, 1953—7:49 p.m.

751H.00/6–1953: Telegram

[310] The Consul at Hanoi (Sturm) to the Department of State

Hanoi, June 20, 1953—noon.

751G.00/6–2053: Telegram

[311] The Chargé at Phnom Penh (Montllor) to the Department of State

Phnom Penh, June 22, 1953.

751H.00/6–2253: Telegram