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-3- #SECTO 557, July 3, 8 p.m., from Geneva. elections would be held. Dong made no (repeat no) comment.

Chauvel read Bonsal passages from letter he had received from Mendes-France indicating that French negotiators should avoid appearance of overeagerness to reach settlement. Deadline date of July 20 which Mendes-France has set himself is not (repeat not) so pressing as to induce French to accept Viet Minh proposal of thirteenth parallel.

In view Department telegram 9, Bonsal drew Chauvel's attention to presence here of new Vietnamese representative Tran Van Do and to latter's interest in seeing Chauvel. (Chauvel apparently not (repeat not) fully informed by his subordinates on this score.)

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