Memorandum from President Roosevelt to Secretary of State Cordell Hull
1/24/1944
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt opposed continued French rule of Vietnam following World War II. In this memo he wrote: “France has milked it for one hundred years. The people of Indochina are entitled to something better than that.”
But FDR died before the Potsdam Conference, where President Harry S Truman and the other Allied leaders planned the disarming of the occupying Japanese troops. They decided China would oversee the evacuation of the Japanese in the North and Britain in the South. Against orders, the British commander in charge helped the French to reestablish control of Vietnam.
But FDR died before the Potsdam Conference, where President Harry S Truman and the other Allied leaders planned the disarming of the occupying Japanese troops. They decided China would oversee the evacuation of the Japanese in the North and Britain in the South. Against orders, the British commander in charge helped the French to reestablish control of Vietnam.
This primary source comes from the Collection FDR-FDRPSF: President's Secretary's File (Franklin D. Roosevelt Administration).
National Archives Identifier: 16619234
Full Citation: State - Hull, Cordell, January-August 1944; 1/24/1944; State - Hull, Cordell, January-August 1944; Departmental Correspondence, 1933 - 1945; Collection FDR-FDRPSF: President's Secretary's File (Franklin D. Roosevelt Administration); Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, NY. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/memorandum-roosevelt-secretary-hull, January 13, 2025]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.
