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NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011
NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011
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| 102. | The President approves NSC Action No. 1111 recommended by the Joint Chiefs of Staff which immediately suspends "shipment of military end-items under U.S. MDAP" to Indochina. NSC Memorandum for Secretary of Defense, 11 May 1954 | 456 |
| 103. | Secretary Dulles forwards the basic instructions approved by the President for the head of the U.S. Delegation to Geneva. "The United States is not prepared to give its express or implied approval to any cease-fire, armistice, or other settlement.…" which would subvert the local governments, impair territorial integrity, or jeopardize forces of the French Union. Dulles TOSEC 138 to Geneva, 12 May 1954 | 457 |
| 104. | A proposal tabled at the Planning Board meeting on 13 May 1954, suggests that "the U. S. is endeavoring to avoid the loss of Indochina and to resolve the colonialism problem by the creation of a regional grouping." General Bonesteel Memorandum to NSC, 13 May 1954 | 460 |
| 105. | Laniel and Schuman appear well pleased with the U.S. position, especially that U.K. participation is no longer a prerequisite to U.S. intervention. The one serious objection to Eisenhower's conditions, however, is that "France publicly accord to the Associated States the right of withdrawal from the French Union at any time." Unless some way can be found around this, "the French will never ask for outside assistance." Paris 4383 to Dulles, 14 May 1954 | 462 |
| 106. | In referring to the French objection to Eisenhower's conditions for intervention, Dulles indicates the U.S. might be flexible but "there cannot be any equivocation on the completeness of independence if we are to get the Philippines and Thailand to associate themselves." Without them the whole arrangement would collapse and the U.S. is not prepared to intervene "as part of a white Western coalition which is shunned by all Asian states." Dulles 4094 (TEDUL 73) to Paris, 15 May 1954 | 465 |
| 107. | The "right of withdrawal" from the French Union is unacceptable to France because it reflects on French honor and questions the concept of the French Union. It is proposed that existence of a powerful Vietnamese National Army would clarify the independence status to other Asian states and there fore the U.S. should assume "primary responsibility for the training and equipping of a Vietnamese National Army." Dillon 4402 to Dulles, 17 May 1954 | 469 |
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