Key Information
Reference code
GRACEY 4/13
Title
Papers relating to French Indo-China (Vietnam), Oct-Nov 1945, including operations against pro-independence forces
Date(s)
- 1945 Oct 31 - 1945 Nov 9 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
7pp
Scope and content
Typescript correspondence between Gracey and Supreme Allied Commander, Adm Lord Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, relating to the official surrender of the Japanese FM Count Hisachi Terauchi, and the use of force by British troops against the Annamite Independence Movement in Saigon, French Indo-China (Vietnam); including British propaganda leaflets, supporting French rule, dispersed in French Indo-China (Vietnam), and printed memorandum from South East Asia Command, 'Procedure for Supreme Allied Commander's Visits to Units', detailing prearrangements for informal visits to troops of Supreme Allied Commander, Adm Lord Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten. 7pp.