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SENT DEPARTMENT 4746; REPEATED INFORMATION SAIGON 690.

FOR YOUNG FROM GIBSON

FOLLOWING IS SECOND MESSAGE DRAFTED IN NICE APRIL 29 AFTER SECOND INTERVIEW WITH NGUYEN DE AND BAO DAI. RESUME OF WHICH TELEPHONED TO YOUNG EVENING APRIL 29.

1. AFTER RECEIPT DEPTEL 27 TO NICE AND WORD RECEIVED BY TELEPHONE FROM PARIS THAT AMB DILLON HAD CALLED ON FAURE PURSUANT TO DEPTEL 3849 (RESULTS REPORTED EMBTEL 4740, SAIGON 687), GIBSON CALLED ON FIRST NGUYEN DE AND THEN IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING ON BAO DAI.

2. WE INFORMED DE THAT AMBASSADOR HAD SEEN FAURE AND REVIEWED WITH HIM IMPORTANT ASPECTS FRANCE-U.S. POLICY VIETNAM. WE REFERRED TO NECESSITY THAT BAO DAI, AS WELL IS FRENCH, GIVE FULL SUPPORT TO LEGALLY CONSTITUTED GOVT. VIETNAM.

3. WE THEN HAD GENERAL REVIEW WITH DE IN COURSE OF WHICH WE MADE POINTS TO HIM GIVEN TO US OVER TELEPHONE FROM WASHINGTON. WE EMPHASIZED THAT ANY FURTHER STEPS TOWARD SOLUTION VIETNAM CRISIS MUST BE MADE ON INITIATIVE VIETNAMESE NATIONALISTS THEMSELVES. WE EMPHASIZED U.S. VIEW THAT PRESENT GOVT. AS LEGALLY CONSTITUTED GOVT. MUST BE SUPPORTED AS LONG AS IT REMAINS SUCH AND THAT URGENT PROBLEM IS TO DEAL WITH PRESENT CIVIL WAR AND NOT QUESTION OF FORM OF ANY NEW GOVT.

4. DE AGREED FULLY WITH OUR REMARKS POINTING OUT THAT BAO DAI'S DECISIONS OF PREVIOUS DAY WERE IN KEEPING WITH THESE PRINCIPLES. HE HAD MADE CLEAR TO DIEM IN SUMMONING HIM TO CANNES BEFORE OTHER VIETNAMESE AND IN SENDING PERSONAL PLANE TO FETCH Rh