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 FW 795.00/8-753 would be the end of all Chinese aid to the Viet Minh and the end of hostilities.

The effective Implementation of such measures would allow, after a certain interval and if the opposing side gives evidence of a true spirit of conciliation, for the preparation and the opening of negotiations for a political settlement of the problem.

The French Government reserves the right to consider far more thoroughly this last aspect of the question, together with the Associated States, and in particular with VietnNamVietnam [sic], when these exchanges of views with the American and British governments will have sufficiently established the ways and means most appropriate to the circumstances and to the purpose in mind.

7. The foregoing views have also been brought to the attention of the British Government.

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