0 - The Black Vault

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4 Preservation of at least the southern nalf of Vietnam, and if
possible an enciave in cne -onkin Delta, with the line of demarcation
no firth'-r socth than one running generally west from Dong
Hoi;
* No restrictions on Laos, Cambodia, or retained Vietnam "materi1lly
impairing their capacity to maintain stable non-Communist
regimes, and especially restrktioos impairing their right to
maintain adequate forces for internal security, to import arms
and to employ foreign advisers";
* No "political provisions which would risk loss of the retained
area to Communiit control";
* Nt, provision that would "exclude th2 possibility of the ultimate
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reunification of Vietnam by peaceful means";
0 Provision for "the peaceful rnd humane transfer, under international
supervision, of those people desiring to be moved from one
zone to another of Vietiam";
0 Provision for "effective machinery for international supervision
of the agreement."12/
The French exploited US ambivalence during the conference,
and after getting Secretary of State John Foster Dulles to agree to returning
high 1-vel US
representation to the table, they began pressuring the
Chinese and Soviet diplomats to bring the proceeding co a conclusive ending.
Although privately the Western "Big Three" were not in complete
agreement on how to proceed, the communists at Geneva apparently took
Westprn public pronouncements and the return of high level US
negotiators
(by mid-July) to the table as a sign of a united Western frorL. With
strong British support,
the French plcy (skillfully directed by Mendes-
France) worked and the communists -- Russian and Chinese --
"concessions from their DRV
line with the seven points outlined above. 13/
for Vietnam,
forced major
ally which brouight settlement essentially in
The final Caneva Accords consisted of Armistice agreements
Laos and Cambodia as well as a Final Declaration of the Conference.,
They were designi-d to:
* provide conditions to end hostilities and re-establish peace in
Inaochina, and,
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