Word: thainguyen
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...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...
...under way. But French GHQ was told by Paris instead to get in touch with the enemy, "in line with agreements reached at Geneva." This week French staff officers therefore prepared to meet the Communists in the small village of Tunggia, halfway between Hanoi and the Red base at Thainguyen, to work out arrangements {e.g., the regrouping of both armies) toward a ceasefire. Even the name of the village, Tunggia, remote and unheard-of, and the hastily built truce hut, had the mocking quality of Panmunjom...
...cover the withdrawal they planned to attack Ho in his own "military capital," Thainguyen, a town 40 miles north of Hanoi. On Oct. 1 a combined French force of parachutists, infantry and naval units struck at Thainguyen. The operation was perfectly carried out in Western military style, but after a few skirmishes, the Viet Minh defenders melted away...
...soon as the news of the rout reached Hanoi, the French pulled out of Thainguyen. They took up positions on a line halfway between Thainguyen and Hanoi in the flat delta country where communications and supply lines would be shorter and where their artillery and tanks could be used to better advantage. One by one the remaining forts on Route Coloniale No. 4 were falling into Viet Minh hands. The border between Ho and Mao was wide open...
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