Word: minh
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Minh, the goat-bearded leader of the Viet Minh, has not been seen alive by any non-Communist for more than three years and there have been many rumors (some for a time accepted by U.S. intelligence) that he was seriously ill or dead. Last week he proved to be alive and kicking. From a mysterious retreat somewhere in Communist territory, he came to Thainguyen, 40 miles from Hanoi, and lunched with Canadian, Indian and Polish members of the armistice commission. The Indian representative, Subimal Dutt, reported himself very favorably impressed...
...disorganized South Viet Nam government. Diem's power probably does not extend as far as 30 kilometers from Saigon itself, say some knowledgeable foreign observers, and in many instances not that far. At Mytho, at Baclieu, at Vinhlong and numberless other towns and villages in the south, Viet Minh control is complete and recognized-the presence of nominal officials of the Vietnamese government notwithstanding...
French Union and Vietnamese troops (less about 300 Vietnamese deserters a day) were pulling back from outposts to the west of Hanoi; tricolors were falling, yellow-starred Viet Minh flags were rising. More than 2,000 Catholic refugees streamed into Hanoi last week on the way to safety in the south, but in the city itself there was no panic; the Communists were not due for 80 days...
From the other side came no such defeatist talk. The Communist radio broad cast a pledge from Ho Chi Minh that "without fail we will struggle shoulder to shoulder" with the people of South Viet Nam to "liberate them...
...conquerors of Geneva continued their slow, triumphal progress homeward, waving at friends, accepting bouquets and basking in the plaudits of admirers-and those who suddenly found it wise to be admirers. After listening to Warsaw's official cheers, Red China's Chou En-lai and the Viet Minh's Pham Van Dong moved on to Moscow. There, Foreign Minister Molotov laid on a huge reception, attended by foreign diplomats, top Russian brass and correspondents. Afterward, they were honored with a lavish dinner presided over by Premier Malenkov himself, flanked by the man who jostles him for supreme...