France has been recognized by "Treaty of Peace" as referred to

by Lever Respons in his Desp. No. 397 of the 19th of April. By the Treaty of the 5th of June 1862 between

France & Spain of the one part King of Annam of the

& the King of

other, Article III, the whole of

the Provinces of Bien-how, gia đình 4 sinh trong tri)

-

now distinguished

(Witts)

as the French

Possession of Saigon, as well as the Island of Culs Condor, were cecect, with all sovereign rights, to the Emperor of the French..

By Article I, the inhabitants of the three provinces of Bink ling An-gian & Aa. Tren (which

appear

the maps

appear on the m

to adjoin

The

above three ceded Provinces) shall be able to trace freely with the

Three French Provinces biz momitting to the rights in force to..

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Now, whether these three latter Provinces have been ceded.

the late

also under 2

Treaty,

thus making six, I am unable

ent & think it is

say, possible, & that these are the sis referred to by the Die Decazes.

Dus The précis of the Treaty lately effected by Admiral Dupré, which was published at Saigon

on the 15

of March does

not give sovereign rights to France over any of the Tonquin

Provinces,

nor does it

refer

Zo

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