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...Vietnamese army's uncertain performance reflected the basic uncertainties of Indo-China. but there were many who argued that 1) the Vietnamese would fight effectively if they had independence to fight for, 2) the French had never really given the Vietnamese army a chance. The French had blocked formation of the Vietnamese army until 1951-five years after the war began; they had denied the Vietnamese a sizable share of modern U.S. equipment and financial aid; they had played down Vietnamese exploits in the GHQ communiqués. The French had also deliberately hamstrung the young army by training...
...Bring at least 3,000 U.S. Army officers and noncoms into Indo-China within the next twelve months to supervise four new Vietnamese training centers, to run two of them on their own and to accompany the newly trained Vietnamese divisions into battle, Korea-style, right down to the regimental level...
Named French commander in chief and commissioner general for Indo-China: General Paul Ely, 56, for the past ten months chief of staff of the French armed forces...
...Greek philosophy and long periods of silence. He lives austerely, eats sparingly, conserves his strength and is considered to be in poor health. As French chief of staff. Ely visited Washington in March, where one unimpressed U.S. official nicknamed him "the poodle." Sent on a post-Dienbienphu tour of Indo-China, he recommended the prompt reinforcement of the Red River Delta and the replacement of General Henri Navarre. The French Cabinet asked Marshal Juin if he would take Navarre's job, but Juin did not want it. So the Cabinet asked Ely. He will be the eighth top commander...
...usual. Next day when he arrived at the office he found the doors closed tight and sealed with official wax. The government had seized the current issue of his weekly and temporarily closed the office. The charge: "ministers or generals were divulging secrets of national defense" concerning Indo-China, which L'Express had printed...