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...that could save the West from a humiliating surrender was the Communists themselves. At every sign of Western hesitancy, at every new bulletin from Dienbienphu, their price for peace went up. They no longer talked of partition; they were talking of a coalition government for all Viet Nam. If their demands become too arrogant, even the desperate French might balk. Then the Allies would have little alternative but to pitch in and help the French fight off the Communists to the bloody...
Nehru outlined his peace plan, and again ran into trouble. Pakistan's Ali insisted that withdrawal of the Big Powers from Indo-China would be meaningless: there was no way of insuring that Red China would stop supplying the Red Viet Minh. To Nehru's surprise. Ceylon's Kotalawala supported Ali. Indonesia's Sastroamidjojo, who rules back home with Red support, took his stand to the left of Nehru and stayed there for the rest of the conference. But then came another surprise: Burma's young (47), soft-spoken Nu, a longtime Nehru man, came...
Treaty No. ¹: France to grant "total" independence to Viet...
Treaty No. 2: Viet Nam to remain "inside" the French Union...
After three hours of marching, the 15,-ooo paraders massed in front of the National Palace. On the balcony, flanking President Jacobo Arbenz, were the warm-up speakers, Labor Chieftain Victor Manuel Gutierrez and Peasant Boss Leonardo Castillo Flores. both Reds. They plugged solidarity with Viet Minh and similar causes. Arbenz took over from there: ¶On the H-bomb: all the tests must be halted, atomic weapons must be banned. ¶On the recent U.S. note asking a $15 million indemnity to the U.S.-owned United Fruit Co. for 233,973 acres of expropriated banana lands: "Blackmail...