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...third day, Dulles proposed to move on to the business that brought the West to Berlin-Germany. Bidault pounced on Molotov's proposal that the Big Four invite Red China to a full-scale peace parley next spring. "China is aiding the rebels in Indo-China in a war that is killing many French people and causing much suffering in France," said he. "France cannot ignore this. As long as this situation lasts, we cannot meet with the Chinese People's Republic." But he did not shut the door all the way. "If the facts should change...
...Vyacheslav Molotov had come armed with all the tools and tricks of the trade he works so well. To despairing France he hinted broadly that a conference with Red China might produce an end to the blood drain of Indo-China. For straitened Britain he depicted a landscape fruity with profitable trade behind the Iron Curtain. "Only a few countries," said he, with a glance at Dulles, "don't want to trade with Russia and China. Most...
...recall to those days of 1945 when I gained a great admiration for Mr. Molotov's diplomatic skill. I am glad to see that he has not lost his touch. Yesterday Mr. Molotov produced out of the hat rabbits for all of us-peace in Korea, peace in Indo-China, an end to the armaments race . . . the ending of all tensions everywhere...
...hard-pressed French commanders in Indo-China seemed confident, even buoyant. "We have succeeded grouping sufficient forces to take the' initiative," said a staff officer. "I have now begun the phase of reconquest," boasted a two-star general. "We are going in as liberators, not conquerors," said another general officer just before his operation got under way. And the front, such as it is, in IndoChina 's groping guerrilla war, looked suddenly as bright and hopeful as the generals. The French moved slowly north from Seno in the blistering jungle sun; they recaptured Thakhek...
Bicycle racing has been a favorite sport in Indo-China ever since it was introduced by the French soon after World War I. In years gone by, Indo-Chinese by the millions lined the roads to watch the annual, monthlong, nationwide race, and not even the herd of wild elephants that once stampeded the racers could kill their relish. But where the elephants failed, war and the Communists succeeded. In strifetorn Indo-China, big-time bike racing came to a stop...