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IV. A. 5.
Tab 1.
FAILURE OF THE GENEVA SETTLEMENT
TABLE OF CONTENTS AND OUTLINE
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TABLE: Major Provisions of the 1954 Geneva Accords | iii | ||
A. | Introduction: The Flawed Peace | 1 | |
B. | The Partition of Vietnam | 2 | |
1. | Provisions for Unifying Vietnam | 2 | |
2. | France Withdraws, 1954–1956 | 3 | |
3. | Diem Refuses Consultation, 1955 | 5 | |
4. | Divided Vietnam: Status Quo Accepted | 7 | |
5. | The Discontented | 7 | |
C. | Refugees: Disruption of Vietnam's Society | 8 | |
1. | Provisions for Regroupment | 8 | |
2. | Exodus to South Vietnam | 9 | |
3. | Causes of the Exodus | 10 | |
4. | Exodus: Test of Geneva | 12 | |
5. | Impact of the Exodus: North | 14 | |
6. | Impact of the Exodus: South | 14 | |
7. | Southerners Regrouped North | 16 | |
8 | Viet Minh Motivations | 17 | |
D. | Arming of the North and the South | 18 | |
1. | Provisions for Arms Control | 18 | |
2. | PAVN Modernizes | 20 | |
3. | The French Arms | 23 |
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