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Declassified per Executive Order 13526, Section 3.3 NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011 Ho Chi Minh to Sec of State

Enclosure #3 to despatch no. 890, dated November 26, 1945 from Embassy, Chungking.

HochiMinh President Provincial Government Vietnam Republic to His Excellency the Secretary of State Department Washington D.C.

On occasion of inauguration Washington Conference for the Far East we regret absence of Vietnamese delegation Stop Once again, we deny France every right to speak on behalf of Vietnamese people Stop France under cover of British–Indian and Japanese troops having perpetrated an aggression on Vietnamese Republic in order to impose her domination has deliberately violated all principles proclaimed in Atlantic and San Francisco Charters Stop Vietnamese fighting for more than a month despite bloody opposition of Anglo–Indian French and Japanese Troops has proclaimed their will to live free and independent under democratic construction Stop The Vietnamese people expresses sincere hope that all free nations in world comma carrying out high ideal of generosity and humanity expressed in undefined comma recognize independence of Vietnam republic and put a stop to merderousmurderous [sic] conflict in South Vietnam Stop Respectfully HochiMinh