INDO-CHINA GRANTED INDEPENDENCE
(10 a.m.) PARIS, Mar. 8. An agreement proclaiming the unity and independence of the Indo-Chinese State of Viet Nam in the framework of the French Union was signed today between President Auriol of France and the former emperor, Bao Dai of Indochina.
The agreement took the form of an exchange of letters as the basis for future relations
Bao Dai announced today that he would leave for Saigon on April 25 as head of the new State of Viet Nam. The French Government has fixed March 11 for a debate on Indo-China, where France has been fighting the Viet Namese Nationalists intermittently since December. 1946.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22890, 9 March 1949, Page 7
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