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Presidential Papers, Doc#352 To Joseph Laniel, 28 July 1953. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower |
 | | Joseph Laniel had become Prime Minister of France on June 27 after a lengthy political crisis had produced six unsuccessful attempts to form a government (see no. 261; and State, Foreign Relations, 1952-1954, vol. |
| | MacArthur would outline the problems faced by the United States in helping France reduce the Indochina war to "manageable proportions." Laniel emphasized that his government was attaching "no strings" to the offer of independence made to the Associated States on July 3 and that he personally supported an expanded military effort in the war. |
| | Laniel would reply on July 31 (AWF/I: France) that he was "particularly touched" by the President's message and that "no emissary could have been more pleasing than the one you chose." Describing his conversation with MacArthur as "frank and complete," he expressed the hope that he would have the occasion to meet Eisenhower again. |
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