HIS344Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Indochinese Communist Party, French Communist Party, Fourteen Points
Document Summary
Decolonization (part i): asia and the middle east. Eight: cold war and nonalignment in south and southeast asia. Organized political force under ho chi minh "he who. Eight-point memorandum demanding civil liberties, legal equality, and political rights for his compatriots - submitted to conference of 1919. Defeat of france --> they are able to be defeated. France asked usa for support to intervene in vietnam - denied. Ho chi minh signed an agreement with france in 1946, france recognized vietnam as a sovereign state with full control over its internal affairs. Skirmishes broke out until it erupted into all out war. Viet minh were destroying the french --> ran to usa for help. Britain would not join - thought that the french were doomed. Fall of dien bien phu - france lost hope of winning. New french premier pierre mendes-france held settlement talks in. Ussr and china worried about continuing the war --> wanted to settle.
