In 1954 it was determined by the Geneva Conference that the State of Vietnam would rule the territory of Vietnam south of the 17th parallel, of which the former colony of Cochin-China formed the heartland, pending unification on the basis of supervised elections (see Geneva Conference (1954)) in 1956.
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The United States, which had opposed the division of Vietnam at the Geneva talks, intervened in the mid 1960s to defend the 17th Parallel resulting in the long and bloody Vietnam War which finally ended in 1975.
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France was decisively beaten at the Battle of Dienbienphu in May 1954. The Geneva accords of July 1954 divided Vietnam along the 17th parallel, recognizing a new North Vietnam controlled by the pro-Chinese Vietnamese Communist Party and Ho Chi Minh while calling for elections in the 39 provinces constituting South Vietnam.
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In 1954-55, Kennedy strongly supported the U.S. choice of Ngo Dinh Diem for premier of South Vietnam after the country was divided at the Geneva Conference of 1954, and opposed the plan for nation-wide elections in Vietnam in 1956 as stipulated by the Geneva Declaration.
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; Volume 1, Chapter 3, "The Geneva Conference, May-July, 1954"; (Boston: Beacon Press, 1971) ... * Thus, on July 15 (one day after the Franco-American agreements), the National Security Council, after being briefed on the Geneva situation, decided that the likely settlement would go against the Seven Points.
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5. What was decided at Geneva in 1954 that specifically dealt with Vietnam? 6. Who was Ngo Dinh Diem, and why was he important? 7. How did we support Diem until 1961? 8. How did JFK try to direct the Vietnamese conflict?
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Vietnam in 20 Questions (50 homework points) ... 3. What happened at Dien Bien Phu on May 7, 1954, and why was this event significant? ... 4. What was decided at Geneva in 1954 that specifically dealt with Vietnam?
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In 1954, as part of the Geneva settlement, ... While southern insurgency leaders had recognized the need for a political base, they were also deeply damaged by the Diemist attacks and decided to organize themselves for armed struggle. ... Though Kennedy had not specifically referred to Vietnam in his speech, the Diem regime...
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In 1954, after the decisive French defeat at Dien Bien Phu, the French finally surrendered. In the peace treaty that was signed in Geneva Switzerland in 1954, called the Geneva Accords, France agreed to gradually remove all their troops from Vietnam. ... In short order, the U.S. government decided that if SVN was to be saved,
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