Word: minh
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Belgrade last week, Marshal Tito's government jubilantly announced that it had accepted a "proposal to establish diplomatic relations" with the Communist regime of IndoChina's Red Leader Ho Chi Minh. Yugoslav authorities regarded the exchange of recognition a matter of "worldwide moment" and a "most sensational victory over the Cominform...
...Great Britain had recognized the government of Ho Chi Minh's French-sponsored rival, former Emperor Bao Dai. By refusing to follow the lead of the Western democracies. Tito had given his answer to the Cominform's charge that he is an agent of Western imperialism. Fortnight ago the Yugoslav dictator publicly proclaimed: "We did not bow to the Soviet . . . How could we, then, bow to the West? . . . [Rather than] separate our foreign policy from our socialist principles ... we should prefer to go naked...
...Chinese Communists, after a leisurely four days, had accepted Britain's recognition; by harshly treating its consular officials, they had made sure of U.S. hostility. To compound these complications, the Russians reached across Communist China last week to extend official recognition to the Communist rebels of Ho Chi Minh in French Indo-China...
Last week the new policy could be seen working on two fronts: 1) Russia recognized the government of Communist rebel Ho Chi Minh in Indo-China; 2) French Communists prepared a wave of waterfront strikes to hamstring U.S. military...
This week, Nehru gave his hat another workout. He announced that India will adopt a "wait and see" attitude toward Communist designs on Indo-China and Tibet. Neither Indo-Chinese regime-that of Communist Ho Chi Minh or French-backed Bao Dai-would be recognized by New Delhi. Then the Prime Minister turned to President Truman's decision to make the hydrogen bomb. "If you have come to the conclusion that the world is a pretty bad show," he said, "then let the hydrogen bomb put an end to it. If you want to carry on the world with...