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on political dreamers and doctrinaires. It might divert attention from constitutional verbiage and empty demagoguery and start people thinking of and perhaps developing vested interest in the practical problems which will face the new Vietnam made possible by current expenditure of Franco-Vietnamese blood and US-French-Vietnamese treasure.

Department advances above purely tentatively and would appreciate your comment and comments derived your continuing discussion with French and Vietnamese contacts.

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