Joint Communiqué by Japan, France and Thailand Concerning the Mediation Conference for the Settlement of the Thai-French Indo-China Border Dispute, Issued by the Board of Information on February 7, 1941
Type
Document
Date
7 February 1941
Speaker / issued by
Board of Information
Parties
Japan · France · Thailand
Printed in
Tokyo Gazette, March, 1941, p. 384
Section
Concerning the Mediation of the Border Dispute between Thailand and French Indo-China
The first formal session of the conference for the mediation of the Thai-French Indo-China border dispute was held at 4:00 o'clock this afternoon at the official residence of the Prime Minister. On behalf of the mediators, Japan's chief delegate, Mr. Yosuke Matsuoka, the Foreign Minister, delivered the inaugural speech to which the French and Thai plenipotentiaries respectively replied. Then, the secretary-general of the Japanese delegation made a report on the method of procedure of the conference, which had been agreed upon among the secretaries-general of the countries concerned. Following the approval of this report by French and Thai plenipotentiaries the meeting closed at 4:40 o'clock.
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