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General Paul Ely, French chief of staff, flew to Hanoi last week to determine whether he could save the rice-rich Red River Delta. He came upon a darkening battleground. Red General Giap's advance guards were streaming through Mocchau (see map), less than 80 miles from Hanoi; Giap...
In Hanoi for two days, Ely inspected the wary defenses and conferred with IndoChina's Commanding General Henri Navarre and the northern-front commander, General Rene Cogny. During these days the generals outlined a new command strategy: 1) Concentrate! Cogny must pull back from isolated forts, must rally for...
¶Joseph B. Ely, 73, onetime governor of Massachusetts (1931-35) and a longtime Al Smith Democrat, was elected president of American Woolen Co. of Boston. Ely succeeds Francis W. White, who remains as a director of the company. Ely's job is temporary. If stockholders approve a proposed...
¶ The U.S. was caught napping with faulty intelligence and overconfident estimates from the French. Not until General Paul Ely, chief of staff of the French armed forces, flew to Washington in late March did the U.S. Chiefs of Staff realize how serious France's plight in Indo-China...
Reading a Lecture. The questioners' interest darted to Indo-China. Would the President give a "soldier's appreciation" of the battle for Dienbienphu? Old Soldier Dwight Eisenhower readily obliged, and in the course of his remarks read a dual lecture to the French. One of the greatest problems...