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Peace Treaty Signed Tightens Asia Division
A nine hour signing of Viet Nam and Laos accords ends an eight year war with 92,000 French Union troops dead or missing. The 17th parallel partitions Viet Nam, Bao Dai to govern the south, Ho Chi Minh the north, with elections to reunite within two years. Civilians may move across the line within a year. Cambodia and Laos stay under French-backed royal governments. Vietminh withdraw from Laos and Cambodia within 60 days. A three nation neutral armistice commission will supervise, with U S not signing the general declaration. The United States and Bao Dai oppose partition as imposed, while Dien Bien Phu had just fallen the day before the talks opened. Prisoners to be released within 30 days. East-West tensions temper the accord’s impact.
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Viet Nan
Laos
League of Nations
French Union Expeditionery Corps
Viet Nam
Indochina
Ho Chil Minh
Ine
Bao Dal
Jine
Germany
Korea
Hanoi
Haiphong
Red River
Cambodia
Regar
Song Ben Hai
Tourane
Bao Dai
V. M. Molotov
Anthony Eden
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
United States
Britain
U. S
Ivan van Do
Walter Bedell Smith
Southeast Asia
India
Canadas
Poland
Dien Bien Phu
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