Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
CIA-RDP78-01617A006100060048-2
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24811
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1. UK recognition of Bab Dai imminent--Embassy London
has been informed by the UK Foreign Office that it will
announce recognition of B_ao. T)ai's regime in Vietnam,
together With-the governments At Laos and Cambodia,
as "associated states" of, the French Union on or shortly
after 7 February 1950. The Foreign Office points out
that although a number.of special problems arise from
the fact that the three Indochinese states are not `'fully
independent," overriding political. considerations assure
UK recognition. Meanwhile, Embassy Belgrade expresses
the belief that the Government of Yugoslavia will extend
recognition in the near future to the rival pro-Communist
Vietnamese regime under Ho Chi.Minh.
State Dept. review completed
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