Word: bien
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...Minh and his cohorts were communists, to be sure, but it was their nationalist credentials that earned them popular support. They had led their nation's resistance to Japanese occupation and French colonialism, and their defeat of the French at the battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 prompted France to sign a withdrawal agreement at Geneva. The Geneva agreement temporarily divided the country into northern and southern zones for purposes of demobilization, pending nationwide elections for an independent government. But with the Cold War in full swing, the U.S. was furious at the French for setting up a Southeast...
...with me. They felt very comfortable talking to me and very comfortable relating to me. And felt very at ease talking about things. And I'm saying to myself "Ya see, America needs a diplomat like me, someone the people can feel and understand that can get with Dien Bien Phu and with these old men out there...