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(Untitled), 22 Mar 1945

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/213A/28-29

Scope and Contents

Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" proposing that all Anglo-American-Chinese military operations in Indo-China [later Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam], regardless of their nature, be coordinated by Major General Albert Wedemeyer [Commander United States Forces in the China Theatre] as Chief of Staff to Chiang Kai Shek [President of China] to prevent conflict developing between Wedemeyer and Lord Louis Mountbatten [later Lord Mountbatten of Burma, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia] over air operations and intelligence activities in Indo-China.

Dates

  • Creation: 22 Mar 1945

Conditions Governing Access

From the File:

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Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: US Government

Extent

2 folio(s)

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Former / Other Reference

T 324/5

Repository Details

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