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...years. But in Berlin's last hour, the Big Four had issued a communique setting up still another conference, in Geneva, Switzerland, April 26. There, with Communist China sitting in, they would discuss, first, Korea (with all nations that provided troops for the Korean war invited), then Indo-China...
...communique saying that the invitation to China did not imply recognition. Moreover, China is going to Geneva not as a sponsoring power but as a government invited to discuss only two specific issues. Another question: Wasn't it a mistake to broaden the Korean discussions to include Indo-China? Dulles' answer: No, the U.S. has for a year officially viewed the Korean and Indo-China wars as "interdependent...
...must pay for the stalemate armistice at Panmunjom; in its turn Panmunjom was the result of the years of failure to define the objective of the Korean war. The French are in a powerful logical position when they ask why they cannot negotiate an end to the Indo-China war if the U.S. and the U.N. could negotiate an armistice at Panmunjom. In the present, Geneva is the price the U.S. pays for having France as an ally in European defense...
Looking ahead, the outcome at Geneva depends on what the West is prepared to do about Asia. And the West does not know. Paris wants to end the unpopular Indo-China war. France's General Henri Navarre, the able French commander in Indo-China, believes the war can be won with more strength. Yet French leaders in Indo-China do not want too much U.S. help for fear that the help might provoke Communist China into open intervention. Within the Eisenhower Administration, the situation is just as confused: one faction of the State Department thinks Indo-China...
...with the West which were held to discuss Molotov's proposed five-power meeting including Communist China, he stubbornly demanded a full place for Red China as an equal partner. The West refused. Even France's Bidault, under heavy pressure for negotiations that might halt the wasting Indo-Chinese war, stood sturdily with his Western colleagues in demanding that any conference should be confined to specific issues. The West's proposal was for a Big Four meeting on Korea first. If this proved fruitful-and only then-the Big Four could call another conference on Indo-China...