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...expert on Moroccan peasant problems and maintained friendly relations with the now-deposed Ben Youssef. A graduate of the University of Paris' School of Political Science, he served diplomatic apprenticeships in Belgrade and Peking, returned to France during World War II, fought in the resistance, won a Croix de Guerre. Since the war he has had tours in Washington and in the U.N. (Security Council and Atomic Energy Commission). He first visited the U.S. as a student, speaks excellent British-accented English, calls the U.S. the "dearest place in the world to me after France...
...rifle way off somewhere in the hills. That night, De Castries summoned his staff to Junon, his command post, for one last chivalric rite of battle: he decorated Lieut. Geneviéve de Galard Terraube, the only woman nurse in the fortress, with the Legion of Honor and the Croix de Guerre. That night too, less than 500 yards from Junon, the Communist infantrymen burrowed close in through the mire. "Everywhere they are in close contact," Dienbienphu radioed GHQ. "Everywhere they are within grenade range. When they attack, the fortress will be ready...
...Bitter Outlook. In these conditions, against numerical odds of 4 to 1, the garrison has fought for 40 nights and days. Last week the French government cited every man for the Croix de guerre, and Sir Winston Churchill cabled: "I salute you." Now the gallant garrison was at bay. Was there a chance of relief? Was Red General Giap's army as worn out as the garrison? Or would the outcome be the simple probability-death or Red captivity in one of three bitter ways: a sudden, crushing onset in the dark, or death by the thousand cuts...
...sold the islands (St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix) to the U.S. for $25 million...
...Minus One: French Commanding Colonel Christian de la Croix de Castries calls his staff to a bunker in the heart of Dienbienphu. Four Viet Minh Communist divisions-about 40,000 men -supplied for 113 days by ant lines of coolies, have completed buildup. They are ready to attack De Castries' isolated, 15,-ooo-man garrison. "Messieurs" says De Castries, "please stand by tomorrow...