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-3- #179, July 14, 9 p.m., (SECTION TWO OF TWO) from Paris confer together and I believe that it has added a new chapter to the honorable and precious tradition of Franco-American cooperation.

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E. Letter to Mendes-France from Eden.

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My Dear Mr. President:

Thank you for providing me with copies of correspondence exchanged today between yourself and Mr. John Foster Dulles on the present phase of the Indochina conference at Geneva.

I have noted their contents and wish to assure you that, as a friend and ally, I shall do my best to help you to achieve a settlement on the basis set out in this correspondence.

I am sending a copy of this letter to Mr. Dulles.

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DULLES

EL/6

Note: Mr. Drumright (FE) notified 10 p.m., 7/14, NPL. Rh