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Please convey following personal message to Bidault QUOTE I wanted you and Prime Minister Laniel to know that following your urgent request for early delivery of 25 additional C-47 aircraft for Indochina the President and I have looked into this matter carefully. It gives us great pleasure to tell you that we are now able to give you an affirmative answer to this request the importance of which we fully realize UNQUOTE.

FYI. Admiral Radford will inform General Valluy of this decision tomorrow. Planes expected to be ready to depart not later than December 12.

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