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...could be ended by negotiation. French Premier Laniel is on record that "the French government does not consider the Indo-Chinese problem as a matter which must necessarily be settled militarily." But Ho is demanding that France 1) recognize his government and get out of Indo-China, 2) exclude Bao Dai's Vietnamese nationalists from the peace talks, 3) make the first formal move to sue for peace. All this, coupled with the challenge of the Mekong offensive, adds up to one inescapable conclusion: Ho's price is too high...
...biggest and most important of the three Associated States of Indo-China. In the strange tangle of intrigue and paradox that is Vietnamese internal politics, Tam, once an ardently pro-French pet of the French, had lost out in a struggle for power with wily Chief of State Bao...
...government official. His son married a French girl. He had a hand in putting down Communist insurrections before and during World War II, and wore, among other decorations, the French Croix de guerre with palm and star. He became Minister of Security (chief of police) and finally-against Bao Dai's wishes-chief of government, or Premier...
Last summer, when Premier Laniel's government promised sovereignty for the Indo-Chinese states within the French Union, Bao Dai (who was once an emperor and is still referred to as Sa Majeste) began playing an ardently pro-French line. Feeling his position menaced, Tam tried to bolster himself by joining the Vietnamese nationalists, but they would have none of him because of his earlier pro-French record...
...latest collision with Bao Dai occurred when, despite his rebuff from the Nationalists, he backed their demand for negotiations with Ho Chi Minh's Communists. He also demanded measures to strengthen his Cabinet. When the ex-Emperor refused, there was nothing for Tam to do but to resign his post. If the French concur, Bao Dai will probably appoint as Premier his good friend and disciple Prince Buu Loc, 39, a member of the Annamese royal family...