Declassified per Executive Order 13526, Section 3.3
NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011
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III. B. 1.
GVN STATUS AND NEGOTIATING POSITION AT GENEVA
TABLE OF CONTENTS and OUTLINE
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| 1. | GVN is Independent Before Geneva | B-5 | |
| a. | Status of GVN Changes | B-5 | |
| b. | Talks Lead Toward GVN Independence | B-5 | |
| c. | GVN Independent After 4 June 1954 | B-6 | |
| d. | GVN and DRV Status at Geneva Differ | B-6 | |
| 2. | GVN Unable to Forestall Partition | B-7 | |
| a. | GVN Requests Written Assurance Country Will Not be Partitioned | B-7 | |
| b. | France Assures GVN it Will Not Seek Partition | B-8 | |
| c. | DRV Admits Feasibility of Partition | B-8 | |
| d. | French Opposition to Partition Collapses | B-9 | |
| 3. | GVN Refuses to Accept French Leadership | B-9 | |
| a. | Vietnamese are Stubborn and Unyielding | B-9 | |
| b. | GVN Consistently Opposes Partition | B-10 | |
| c. | GVN not Informed of French–DRV Agreements | B-11 | |
| d. | Note to French Delegation Rejects Partition | B-12 | |
| e. | Vietnamese Register Opposition to Elections | B-12 | |
| f. | GVN Rejects Draft of Final Declaration | B-13 | |
| g. | GVN Presents Counter-Proposals | B-13 | |
| h. | GVN Unable to Influence Outcome | B-14 | |
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