Word: dais
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Asia. The French wanted immediate U.S. help in the defense of Indo-China, which is more & more tied in with the defense of France and Western Europe. To support the Viet Nam regime of Emperor Bao Dai against the forces of Communist Ho Chi Minh, the French were using the bulk of their army (130,000), spending about $500 million a year, almost as much as their ECAllocation. Paris argued that IndoChina's defense was a joint Western concern: only U.S. aid could make it effective. After his exchange of views with Schuman, Acheson announced that the U.S. agreed...
...unassuming young Indo-Chinese student from the Left Bank named Vo Van Tu Quoc began dropping in to chat with Nguyen. The student professed to be a follower of Emperor Bao Dai...
...French in 1860. Its bid for home rule dates from Skirmishes in the 70's to the wholesale revolt which began after World War II and which still goes on. France's cure for the Viet Namese problems is a semi-autonomous government headed by Emperor Bao-Dai, native monarch who had considerable pre-war support. But under the past which put Bao-Dai, in office last year, France retains control over Viet Nam's foreign policy and of the Viet Namese army in war-time; France keeps military bases and economics privileges which were bludgeoned out of Viet...
...economic assistance, on which the Acheson-Bidault-Schuman talks will focus, can combat Viet Namese Communism only if dollars will follow new freedoms granted the Bao-Dai regime by the French government. Though French troops are needed to hold off the immediate threat of Communist rule, and end of French curbs on the Bao-Dai regime can win nationalist support from Viet Minh to the present government...
...Paris, Acheson should set new freedoms--in foreign policy, native economy, and government appointments--as conditions for U. S. aid to Viet Nam. Though a more independent Bao-Dai is no guarantee of a Viet Nam safe from Communist conquest, such independence is the best chance that France and the U. S. have to promote democracy in Indo-China. Without this autonomy, Viet Nam, Even with U. S. assistance, will remain easy prey for Indo-China's Communists...