Word: ghq
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...want merely a secretariat, and the U.S. position is somewhat similar. The British, acutely aware of the vulnerability of Malaya since the fall of Dienbienphu, are already building jet air bases and plan to transfer the Australian garrison from Suez to Malaya. The British would like Singapore to be GHQ of the treaty organization, but may yield to the U.S. preference for Bangkok or Manila, either of which would avoid the stigma of colonialism attaching to Singapore...
Sterility at GHQ. There were clear indications last week that the abdication of Republican leadership extends far beyond William Knowland. The best example could be found in the McCarthy censure controversy...
...wanted to bring in heavy reinforcements and fight it out. U.S. Major General John W. O'Daniel, head of the U.S. military mission, still believed the war could be won, especially if his plan for U.S.-style training of the Vietnamese army could get under way. But French GHQ was told by Paris instead to get in touch with the enemy, "in line with agreements reached at Geneva." This week French staff officers therefore prepared to meet the Communists in the small village of Tunggia, halfway between Hanoi and the Red base at Thainguyen, to work out arrangements...
...never really given the Vietnamese army a chance. The French had blocked formation of the Vietnamese army until 1951-five years after the war began; they had denied the Vietnamese a sizable share of modern U.S. equipment and financial aid; they had played down Vietnamese exploits in the GHQ communiqués. The French had also deliberately hamstrung the young army by training only companies and battalions at a time, by scattering these units piecemeal across Indo-China under French command and by holding back the training of Vietnamese officers. (There are today only 7,500 trained Vietnamese officers, when...
...week of freedom, De Castries presented her with the Legion of Honor, kissing her on both cheeks. "The entire garrison wishes it could do the same," said the general. On May 4 he presented her with the Military Cross with palms "for courage under fire." Privately, De Castries told GHQ: "It is tragic that she must live here in this manner. She never stops working until she falls on her feet." As the Communists came in for their final assault, she sent her own final message to Hanoi: "Tell my mother not to worry. All goes well...