Key Information
Reference code
GRACEY 4/16
Title
Notes and messages, Nov 1945 - Jan 1946, about the planned withdrawal of British forces from French Indo-China
Date(s)
- 1945 Nov 4 - 1946 Jan 14 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
63pp
Scope and content
Manuscript notes and typescript telegrams from South East Asia Command Headquarters, to Gracey, detailing plans for the withdrawal from French Indo-China (Vietnam) and the future deployment of 20 Indian Infantry Div, with typescript letters between Gracey and French Gen Phillipe Leclerc Commander French Expeditionary Corps for the Far East, relating to the disarmament of Japanese troops and the transfer of duties in French Indo-China (Vietnam) to French troops, also typescript copy of protocol between Japan and France concerning the joint defence of French Indo-China (Vietnam). 63pp.