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[Secretary Dulles said that President Eisenhower in his recent speech] mentioned the end of direct and indirect attacks on Indochina, so that the armies released in Korea will not strike elsewhere. We must recognize that here we are dealing with a more complicated situation, because the conflict in Indochina has not yet fully received the status of an international war or an international act of aggression. In this connection, the Secretary thought it wise if at some appropriate time the French government were to give consideration to the possibility of a complaint being made by Laos or by France, or jointly by both, in the Security Council, about the invasion of Laos. This would give the conflict more international standing and would make It more readily a subject for international negotiation and settlement, which it is not today.

With respect to a complaint to the Security Council by Laos or by France or by both, the British government would follow the wishes of the French government. As regards a Korean armistice, Mr. Lloyd felt his government would be completely in agreement with the line the U.S. Government or the UN Command were taking, namely that we cannot have an indefinitive prolongation of those talks. However, if there is a possibility of the

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