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Declassified per Executive Order 13526, Section 3.3 NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011 Enclosure no. 2 to despatch no. 890 dated November 26, 1945 from Embassy, Chungking

Hanoi October 28th 1945

HOCHIMINH President of PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT of VIETNAM REPUBLIC

to Marshall CHIANG KAI SHEK

In the name of the Provisional Government of Vietnam Republic we emphatically protest against use of Japanese troops by British Indian army under command of General Gracey and by French army under command of General Leclerc in the repression of Vietnamese national liberation movement in South Indochina stop

Under pretense of disarming the Japanese Generals Gracey and Leclerc dispersed Japanese troops throughout South Vietnam provinces as vanguard to British Indian and French troops with view to reestablishing French domination over Indochina stop.

The Vietnamese people having ruthlessly fought against Japanese fascism and having just established democratic regime throughout its country feels greatest indignation in presence of such unjustifiable behaviour on the part of British and French stop

Therefore we strongly appeal to and eagerly request your Excellency to

primo issue order to stop massacre of a people defending its legitimate rights according to principles laid down in Atlantic and San Francisco charters

secundo recognize full independence of Vietnam Republic final stop