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| E. | Crisis of the Spring, 1955 | 26 | ||
| 1. | The Problem of the Sect Armies | 26 | ||
| 2. | The United Front Challenges Diem | 27 | ||
| 3. | Diem Challenges the Binh Xuyen | 27 | ||
| 4. | Truce — But No Calm | 28 | ||
| a. | Lansdale's Version | 28 | ||
| b. | Ely and Collins Decision: Diem Must Go | 29 | ||
| c. | Dulles' Indecision | 29 | ||
| d. | Paris: Diem's Time Is Up | 30 | ||
| e. | Bao Dai's Plan | 30 | ||
| f. | Dulles' Decision: U.S. Will Consider a Change in Regime | 31 | ||
| 5. | Diem Acts Against the Binh-Xuyen | 31 | ||
| 6. | Washington Acts: U.S. Will (Again) Support Diem | 32 | ||
| 7. | Diem and Others Defy Bao Dai | 32 | ||
| 8. | May Trilateral Meetings | 33 | ||
| a. | Dulles Backs Diem | 33 | ||
| b. | The French Position | 34 | ||
| c. | Faure: We Will Withdraw to Save the U.S.–France Alliance | 35 | ||
| d. | Dulles: Continue With Diem — But Independent of France | 36 | ||
| F. | The Twilight of French Presence in Vietnam | 37 | ||
| 1. | All–Vietnam Elections | 38 | ||
| 2. | Franco–Vietnamese Differences, Autumn, 1955 | 39 | ||
| 3. | What of French Obligations Under the Geneva Accords? | 40 | ||
| FOOTNOTES | 41 | |||
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