Word: cambodia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Hope Revives." British susceptibility made it seem easy. Alarmed at Eden's threat to break off the talks, and worried when Churchill announced his trip, Chou met urgently with Eden. While committing himself to nothing, Chou hinted that the Communists might be willing to consider Laos and Cambodia separately from Viet Nam, and he rephrased some of his proposals to suggest that the Communists might withdraw some Viet Minh forces from those states. Eden promptly changed his plans for breaking off the conference...
...patch the hole? Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, in a series of speeches across the continent, laid down the five conditions for U.S. military intervention in Indo-China: I) "an invitation from the present lawful authorities"; 2) "clear assurance of complete independence to Laos, Cambodia and Viet Nam"; 3) "evidence of concern by the United Nations"; 4) "a joining in the collective effort of some of the other nations of the area"; and 5) "assurance that France will not itself withdraw from the battle until it is won." No one really thought these conditions would...
...Minh itself, taunted him with the cost to France in men and money of a "colonial war." He charged that the Bao Dai government had no popular support. He claimed that the Communists already controlled three-quarters of Viet Nam, half of Laos, a smaller but increasing part of Cambodia. As for Dienbienphu, "Who can deny that the defense of Dienbienphu was in the main carried out not by the French and the Vietnamese but by all kinds of foreigners gathered there...
...each, and the withdrawal of all "foreign" troops. Political discussion, he said, should be parallel with the military, and should be conducted by "direct contact between the representatives of both sides"-an arrangement that would force recognition of the bogus and largely nonexistent "liberation" movements of both Laos and Cambodia...
...Neutral? While Eden flirted, Georges Bidault seemed to gather resolution and strength. "You don't get results by begging for peace," he said. To the Communist proposal that the military men discuss "regroupment areas" for Laos and Cambodia, thus setting up Communist enclaves in those countries, Bidault retorted defiantly that the only problem there was for the Communist invaders to withdraw...