Telegram from David K. E. Bruce to Secrertary of State Dean Acheson

INCOMING TELEGRAM DEPARTMENT OF STATE-DIVISION OF COMMUNICATIONS AND RECORDS TELEGRAPH BRANCH 10-R-X Action EUR Info: Control 13118 SS G NIACT Rec'd January 31, 1950 P 5:31 p.m. FE UNA FROM: Paris OLI CIA TO: Secretary of State AAN DCR NO: 467, January 31, 10 p.m. SENT DEPARTMENT 467; REPEATED LONDON 155. DEPARTMENT PASS MOSCOW 28, SAIGON 34. MYTEL 464. Parodi has just handed British Ambassador and me note to Soviet Government, text of which follows in next telegram. Parodi had requested that Soviet Ambassador visit him this afternoon but met with answer that Bogomolov was not free. Note accordingly has been sent to Soviet Embassy and will be released to press tonight Undoubtedly action of Soviet Government in recognizing Ho Chi-minh and thereby attacking integrity of French Union will induce violent reaction in France and will make more definite and bitter the alignment of French non-Communists against Communists. Recent debate in National Assembly upon ratification of March 8 accords in course of which Communists even more blatantly than usual displayed their complete subservience to Moscow and their avowed intention to betray French national interests had considerable effect throughout country in demonstrating that they constitute in effect an alien and seditious organism within this democracy. Also their declared purpose to delay, frustrate and sabotage shipment not only of arms to French soldiers in Indochina but of American military materials to France has met with vigorous response from government which has pledged itself to allow no such interruptions or inci- dents to occur. It was under conditions far less insulting than this that French DECLASSIFIED E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 SECURITY State Dept. Guidelines, March 6, 1982 By DEB NLT, Date 10-22-85 HARRY S. TRUMAN LIBRARK INFORMATION COPY