Word: minh
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Laos and Cambodia; 2) creation of an agreed no man's land around the perimeter of the vital Red River Delta; 3) withdrawal of scattered Communist units in central Viet Nam into predesignated "standing zones" from which they could not move; 4) disarming or evacuation of Viet Minh rebels in south Viet Nam; 5) guarantees against "reinforcements"-presumably war supplies from Communist China...
...Point in Arguing. Laniel's conditions were plainly too much to ask of Ho Chi Minh's far-from-beaten Viet Minh forces, and the French government knew it when it allowed Laniel to make them public. But they were a deliberate prelude to something else. "Up until 1953," said Laniel, "two tendencies clashed in French opinion. Some hoped for an end to the conflict by negotiation. Others believed that we might triumph by force of arms . . . Today, this controversy is ended. In fact, we are unanimous from here on in hoping to settle the war by negotiation...
...were these nationalists, who came from the jungles to take over all IndoChina when the Japanese surrendered? They represented all colors of the anti-white spectrum, but their dominant hue was Red. The Communist leader was a tuberculous agitator who learned his trade in Moscow. His name: Ho Chi Minh...
Belatedly, the French looked around for more reliable nationalist support. They finally picked on Bao Dai, 40, a fun-loving descendant of the ancient Annamite emperors, who had collaborated with the Japanese, and later with Ho Chi Minh. In 1948, the French asked Bao Dai to return to Indo-China as chief of state for Viet Nam. In March 1949, the French gave Bao Dai's state "independence within the framework of the French Union." In April, Bao Dai landed in Indo-China. "I risk my skin," said he, justifiably, for he got but little support. "COMMUNISM No-COLONIALISM...
...December 1949, Red China's triumphant Mao Tse-tung reached the IndoChina border, and started ferrying up to 3,000 tons of supplies a month to Comrade Ho. In January 1950, Moscow and Peking recognized Ho Chi Minh's "Democratic Republic." In February 1950, the U.S. recognized Bao Dai's state, and 37 of its allies followed suit. In June 1950, the U.S. sent its first shipment of arms. When the Communists struck in Korea. President Truman sent military advisers to Saigon. The world issue was joined...