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...Lightning Joe" Collins got off to a remarkably confident start. "I have come out to Indo-China," he told a press conference, "to take measures to save this region from Communism. I have come to bring every possible aid to the government of Ngo Dinh Diem and to his government only . . ." Collins was politely telling French and Vietnamese intriguers that Diem, for all his weaknesses, was America's man, and that they had better get behind Diem if they wanted U.S. sympathy or assistance. The Vietnamese national army, he indicated, must give up any thought of a coup...
...trepidations in Saigon, Paris and Washington. Saigon's Journal d'Extrème Orient tartly reminded Collins that "the French government will not accept the least disposition to contradict the Geneva agreements." But Collins was not intending to violate Geneva: the U.S. had only 340 men in Indo-China, and these would operate the new training program with officers and noncoms from the 150,000-man French Expeditionary Corps; there would be no military buildup from outside...
...their side of the 17th parallel, the Viet Minh Communists were violating Geneva at will. French and U.S. military intelligence confirmed last week that the Viet Minh has equipped two new armored divisions, despite the pledge by both sides that they would not reinforce their armies in Indo-China...
Since 1949 the losses and gains have not by any means been one-sided. The Communists have advanced in Indo-China. But they have suffered a great setback of enormous strategic importance in Yugoslavia...
Tonight's meeting is the first activity of the Fellowship of Reconciliation since the club lost last year's president, Edward A. French, a conscientious objector who spearheaded a petition for non-intervention in Indo-China...