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TITLE : Information Report Re: Views

DATE : 8/14/1962

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COMMENTS : National Security Files, Box 196: Countries, Vietnam, General 8/1/62-

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ON 8 AUGUST THAT, WHILE HE CONSIDERS FRENCH POLICY BOTH IN PARIS

AND IN SAIGON TO HAVE AS ITS OBJECTIVE THE NEUTRALIZATION OF:

SOUTH VIETNAM AND SOUTHEAST ASIA, HE FEELS THAT THE BRITISH

HAVE A CONTRARY POLICY MORE SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE US. NHU

SAID THAT HE HAS HAD NO INDICATIONS THAT CAUSE HIM CONCERN WITH

RESPECT TO THE BRITISH ROLE IN SOUTH VIETNAM, AND INITIATED THE COMMENT

THAT ÄMBASSADOR HOHLER HAD SAID TO HIM RECENTLY: THÄT AN INTER-

NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOUTH VIETNAM OR THE NEUTRALIZATION OF

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