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...blew the whistle was Russia's Molotov. Ever since he returned from Moscow ten days before, he had dropped his role of forbearing arbiter and become once again the familiar aggressive antagonist. Observers suspected that he had learned in Moscow the only thing he wanted to know: the U.S. was not going to intervene in Indo-China. Last week Molotov got confirmation from the highest sources. Secretary of State Dulles said that the U.S. "has no intention of dealing with the Indo-China situation unilaterally"; that it was up to the French, and that there were no plans...
...plenary session called at his request, Molotov bided his time while Bi dault argued, with an eye on Paris, that the conference had achieved "some appreciable results," notably its acceptance of the French plea to discuss a military cease-fire before going into the interminable difficulties of a political settlement. Then Molotov spoke...
...Then Molotov deliberately demolished all Bidault's hopes for a quick ceasefire. The conference must "examine without further delay the political questions," said Molotov blandly. These should include, "first of all," the "granting of sovereignty" to all three Indo-Chinese states, the holding of "free elections" in each, and the withdrawal of all "foreign" troops. Political discussion, he said, should be parallel with the military, and should be conducted by "direct contact between the representatives of both sides"-an arrangement that would force recognition of the bogus and largely nonexistent "liberation" movements of both Laos and Cambodia...
Angrily, Bidault snapped that Molotov's remarks were "not couched in decent fashion." Retorted Molotov: "I don't think anyone can attack facts, even though they are bitter facts." Dead Hopes. The bitter facts were that Molotov had killed all hope that the Communists would settle for a cease-fire or a partition of Viet Nam alone. Molotov was demanding all of Indo-China-and on the Communists' own terms. Next day China's Chou En-lai echoed Molotov's every word, rejected the West's plea for an impartial commission of Southeast Asia...
There was increasing turmoil over the long-postponed EDC decision. Russia's Molotov brought matters to a boil by ruthlessly dismissing the idea that there was a way to negotiate an honorable peace in Indo-China...