Index

Compilers’ Note—For the purposes of this index, the term Vietnam refers to both the unified pre-Geneva Conference country and to the State of Vietnam (South Vietnam) after partition; the Democratic Republic of Vietnam denotes North Vietnam after the Conference.

• Acheson, Dean, 76, 147n, 150n, 1413
  • ANZUS discussion of Indochina, 237–239
  • Associated States, situation in, 142–143, 145, 161–162, 211, 237, 351–352
  • Bilateral (U.K.–U.S.) discussion of Indochina, 210–211
  • China, People’s Republic of, aggression in Indochina, 61, 143–145, 162–163, 164, 165, 211, 237–238, 298–299
  • France, withdrawal from Indochina, 61–62, 141–142, 238, 298
  • Internationalization of the Indochina conflict, 90–91, 161, 162–163, 186–187, 212–213, 237–238, 278, 321, 324–325
  • NATO discussion of Indochina, 319–321
  • Press conference, June 18, 1952, 204
  • Tripartite (France–U.K.–U.S.) discussion of Indochina, 157–166, 212–213, 323–325
  • U.S. assistance to France in Indochina, 60–61, 76, 141–145, 161–162, 164, 211, 298–299, 321, 324, 332, 351–352, 363–364, 391–392
  • U.S. military intervention, question of, 143, 163
  • U.S. training of forces, 211
  • Vietnam, situation in, 142, 143, 161, 237, 239
  • Visits to:
    • Bonn, 144n
    • Hawaii, 237n
    • London, 184n
    • Paris, 144n, 157n
• Achilles, Theodore C., 158, 179, 731, 737n, 887–888, 960, 983n, 990–991, 1018, 1328, 2084, 2330n
• Adair, Charles W., 591n
• Adair, E. Ross, 892n
• Adams, Sherman, 1236, 1346–1347, 1410n
• Adenauer, Konrad, 1028, 2067
• Alden, Lt. Col. Victor W., USAF, 1006, 1041
• Aldrich, Winthrop W., 505, 669, 1249–1250, 1307, 1423, 1794–1795, 2113–2114
• Alessandri, Gen. Marcel, 234, 304, 314, 318, 352–354, 409, 411, 460, 1360, 1690, 1718, 2240, 2245, 2250
• Alexander, Field Marshal Earl, 505, 1244
• Allard, Gen. Paul, 272, 288, 289, 304, 384, 435, 437, 462, 566, 1922, 1936, 2086–2087
• Allen, Denis, 669, 1307, 1311–1313, 1319–1320, 2164, 2387n, 2406
• Allen, George V., 1266–1268, 1406–1408, 1476, 2216–2217
• Allen, Leo E., 1410n, 1461n
• Allen, Ward P., 543n, 555n, 568n, 1194
• Allison, John M., 28–34, 42–43, 71–72, 77–82, 111–112, 124–129, 141–144, 147, 155–156, 184–187, 192–193, 198–200, 203, 239, 269, 303–304, 314n, 316n, 337–338, 363–371, 373–374, 384–386, 389n, 400–402, 455–457, 464
• Alphand, Hervé, 429, 483, 507
• Alsop, Joseph, 328–329, 940–941, 996, 998, 1029, 1290
• Alsop, Stewart, 328–329, 998, 1290
• Amjad, Ali, 1344n
• Amory, Robert, 648, 1117, 1169
• Anderson, Clinton P., 1266
• Anderson, Capt. George W., Jr., 1006, 1041, 1137–1140, 1247–1248, 1270–1272, 1296–1298, 1560n, 1593, 1614, 1778–1780
• Anderson, Robert B., 427, 1224–1225, 1526–1527, 1590n, 1657–1658, 1798n, 1839, 2010–2011, 2198–2199, 2241, 2270–2271, 2433–2434
• Andronikov, Constantin, 656, 669, 674
• ANZUS (see also under Collective defense), 237–239, 789–791, 1188–1189, 1196
• Arends, Leslie C., 1410n, 1461n, 1471
• Argentina, 1799
• Armistice. See Cessation of hostilities.
• Armstrong, W. Park, Jr., 1000–1001, 1194–1195, 1288–1290, 2029n
• Army, U.S. Department of the, 54n, 59n, 928
• Asian and Pacific Region Peace Conference, Peking, Oct. 2–13, 1952, 266
• Associated States (see also Cambodia; Laos, Vietnam; and Associated States subheadings under other subjects):
  • Assistance from other countries, 278–279, 282–283, 302–303
  • British interest in, 672
  • Diplomatic relations with other countries, 34, 99n, 100, 138, 182, 194, 261, 320, 357–358, 646, 883–884, 913, 974, 979
  • Economic relations between, 138, 191–192, 346–347, 719, 920–921, 958–959, 979, 1079
  • Economic situation, 341–342
  • France, relations with:
    • Administrative, 68, 92, 133, 137–138, 152, 176, 194–195, 214, 220, 237, 262–263, 322, 331, 335, 357, 358, 403, 416, 418–419, 426, 446, 510–511, 523–524, 571, 611, 657, 671
    • Cultural, 23, 85, 357
    • Economic, 10, 51–52, 57, 63–65, 85, 91–93, 96, 101–103, 107–108, 122, 133, 138, 176–177, 181, 193, 195, 206, 307, 328, 341, 346, 355, 379, 399, 400, 407, 409, 418, 2347–2348
  • French Union membership, 4, 7, 23, 88, 96–97, 99–100, 121, 137, 138, 169, 176, 180–181, 206, 214, 264, 370, 489, 547, 553, 567, 570–571, 599–601, 607, 623, 630–631, 636, 673, 854n, 857, 894–895, 901, 930, 931, 1019, 1020n, 1030, 1103n, 1105, 1316, 1335–1336, 1362, 1528, 1554, 1567, 1574–1575, 1580, 1601, 1602, 1604–1605, 1821–1822, 1827, 1838, 1965
  • Independence:
    • Australian position, 1234
    • British position, 672, 1319, 1827
    • Canadian position, 1278
    • Commonwealth countries position, 1362
    • French evolutionary statement (July 3, 1953), 634–635
    • French position, 106, 120, 125, 130, 194–195, 206, 430, 547–548, 562, 564, 584, 611, 630–631, 654, 657, 672, 673–675, 681, 706, 712, 716, 753, 813, 831, 901, 930, 931, 1096, 1138, 1159, 1332, 1333, 1335, 1337, 1343, 1446, 1528, 1601, 1620–1621, 1827, 1831, 1897, 1944, 1964–1965, 1975, 2227, 2295
    • Indian position, 220, 265–266
    • Negotiations with France re, 623, 657, 671, 673, 675, 678, 679, 688, 704, 706–707, 768, 831, 844–845, 1188, 1838
    • Thai position, 639–640
    • U.N. role in establishing, possible, 120, 125, 265, 1175–1176
    • U.S. position, 52–53, 87, 99–100, 118, 120–122, 125, 127, 137, 152, 169, 176, 180–182, 214–215, 261–264, 307, 328, 351, 357, 403, 428, 547–550, 552, 573, 599, 607, 629, 632–633, 635–637, 638, 642, 645–647, 675–676, 680–681, 682, 688, 704, 708, 718, 729, 747, 769, 788, 789–790, 792, 796, 809, 841, 844, 845, 910, 950, 971, 972, 986, 1056, 1184, 1188, 1218, 1236, 1266, 1279, 1298, 1314, 1316, 1322n, 1331, 1336, 1344, 1528, 1570, 1574–1575, 1594–1595, 1618–1620, 1831, 2277–2278
  • Information services, 258–259
  • Local production of military supplies, 343, 346, 575
  • Military cooperation for mutual defense, 798, 803–806, 808, 810
  • National Armies:
    • Associated States financial support, 87–88, 185, 214, 283, 301–302, 336, 345–346, 351, 399, 417, 731, 733–734, 757–758, 885, 2388
    • Force levels, 25, 56, 152, 170, 204, 213, 264, 837
    • French support, 6, 30, 33–34, 60, 78, 96, 105–106, 108–109, 112, 123–124, 126–128, 138, 156n, 159–160, 164–165, 170, 172–173, 184, 193, 201–202, 204, 243, 246, 283, 307, 331, 351, 423, 430, 431, 432, 509, 565, 598, 599, 611, 728, 731, 733, 734–735, 854n, 930, 949, 1159, 1227, 2388–2389
    • French training, 173, 193, 204, 495, 625–626, 639, 642, 646, 685, 740n, 857n, 949
    • U.S. support, 25, 33–34, 87–88, 112, 118, 123–124, 127–129, 140n, 142–143, 151–152, 155–156, 159, 161–162, 168, 170, 175, 181, 183, 184–187, 193, 214–215, 264, 282, 399, 408, 538, 565, 615–616, 642, 646, 729, 731–732, 735, 785, 786, 884–885, 949, 970, 974, 1185, 1552–1553, 2288–2291, 2215, 2241–2244, 2277–2278, 2388–2389
  • Petroleum imports, 102, 852–853
  • Piaster devaluation:
    • Cambodian position, 619
    • French position, 51, 394–395, 398–399, 418, 441–442, 562–563, 569–570
    • Impact of, 394–395, 396, 398–400, 405, 563, 566, 571, 697
    • U.S. position, 133, 286, 306, 351, 396–397, 398–400, 405, 417, 425, 442–443, 566, 575
    • Vietnamese position, 562–563, 577–578, 579, 607
  • Strength of, U.S. interest in, 84, 86–89, 103, 118, 121, 126–127, 148–149, 151–153, 187, 191–193, 199–200, 237, 264, 380–381, 426, 428, 431, 495, 618, 974, 1056, 1113, 1150, 1173, 1222
  • Trade with other countries, 49–51, 91–93, 139, 182, 193, 195, 206, 358–359, 549, 575
  • U.N. technical assistance, 444, 574
  • U.S. assistance (see also U.S. assistance to France in Indochina):
    • Coordination with French, 444–445
    • Financial and technical, 33, 87–88, 118, 121, 128, 169, 214, 301, 344, 345–346, 380–381, 417, 445–449, 574–575, 640, 1558, 1881, 1966–1972, 2003–2004, 2123–2125, 2132–2135, 2171–2172, 2234, 2269, 2270, 2375, 2386
    • French position, 2096, 2103, 2123, 2171, 2176–2181, 2236
  • U.S. capital investment in, 50–51, 269
  • U.S. training of forces (see U.S. training of forces)
• Atomic weapons, question of use, 1096, 1217, 1270–1272, 1447–1448, 1467, 1474, 1534, 1591, 1606, 1625, 1703, 1704, 1714, 1927, 1933
• Auboyneau, Adm., 465, 1457–1458, 1573, 2026
• Aumeron, Gen. Adolphe, 846
• Aurell, George E., 1006, 1041
• Auriol, Vincent, 19n, 169, 199, 374, 376, 476, 489, 528, 538, 562, 590, 609, 700, 828, 833, 858, 888, 897, 910, 914
• Australia (see also Collective defense: ANZUS Pact and Australian subheadings under other subjects), 211, 237–239, 266, 283, 298–299, 319, 324–325, 362, 433–434, 789–791, 824, 866n, 870n, 873, 1196, 1203, 1204, 1231
• Ba Cut, 2293
• Bacon, Ruth E., 468, 470, 1356
• Baeyens, Jacques, 1328
• Bai Vien. See Le Van Vien.
• Baldwin, Charles F., 232n
• Ballachey, 2398
• Bane, David M., 440
• Bank of Indochina, 48–53, 92, 102, 133, 566
• Bao Dai, 11, 37, 48, 132, 846n
  • Associated States, situation in, 562, 621, 979
  • Bilateral (U.S.–Vietnam) discussion of Indochina, 1384–1385
  • Binh Xuyen, support for, 1450, 1460, 1479, 2110
  • British attitude toward, 831, 930, 1752, 2123
  • Buu Loc government, 961, 977–978, 1086, 1153, 1608, 1614–1615
  • Cambodia, situation in, 621
  • Cessation of hostilities, 620, 856, 893
  • China, People’s Republic of, aggression in Indochina, 23, 878, 979, 1085
  • Diem government (see also under Vietnam):
    • Appointment of, 1608, 1614–1615, 1695–1696, 1727–1728
    • Cabinet appointments, 2105n, 2145, 2258
    • Change in, mandate for, 2025, 2035–2036, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2052, 2054–2055, 2057, 2061, 2081, 2084–2085, 2105–2106
    • Hinh–Diem dispute, 2024–2025, 2041, 2054–2055, 2072n, 2084–2085, 2109–2110, 2170, 2208, 2210–2213, 2238, 2244, 2257–2258, 2302, 2327, 2332
    • Participation in, question of, 2328
    • Resignation of, request for, 2048, 2058
    • Support of, 1863, 1890, 1980, 2115–2116, 2118, 2141, 2210–2213, 2371
  • Dien Bien Phu, 1154, 1179n
  • Family situation, 98, 274, 277, 574, 587, 1099–1100
  • France:
    • Alliance with, importance of, 23, 167, 327, 856, 859, 878, 893, 915n, 1086
    • Trips to, 236, 255, 277, 652
  • French attitude toward, 17, 18, 26–27, 49, 68, 98, 136, 205, 230, 255, 272–275, 276, 284, 376, 409, 433, 705, 825, 877, 888, 915, 992, 1034, 1071, 1087, 1091–1092, 1138, 1155, 1479, 1881, 1920, 1979, 2057, 2071, 2078, 2115, 2122, 2166
  • French Expeditionary Corps, 1880
  • Geneva Conference on Indochina, 1039, 1153, 1353, 1385, 1759
  • Health, 98, 255, 277, 375, 412, 455, 981, 1083, 1113, 1759
  • Ho Chi Minh, attitude toward, 453–454
  • Letourneau Plan, 460
  • Military situation in Indochina, 12, 47, 374–375, 411, 878, 1154
  • Navarre Plan, 1068
  • Negotiated settlement in Indochina, 26, 236, 856, 878, 891n, 892–893, 896, 900, 931, 1153–1154
  • Nixon visit to Vietnam, 855–856, 858, 859
  • Personal wealth, 227–230, 239–240, 274, 281, 527–528, 536, 587, 1503–1504, 1581, 1617
  • Popularity of, 98, 182, 236, 284, 309–310, 554, 586–587, 607, 826n, 961, 1208, 1407, 1942, 1946n, 2029, 2233, 2291
  • Role of, 23–24, 26–28, 49, 68, 136, 152, 205, 215, 274–275, 284, 407, 411, 523, 537, 712, 850, 920, 1015, 1138, 1153, 1897, 2108, 2116, 2147, 2150–2151, 2152, 2183, 2210, 2291, 2361, 2424
  • Tam government, 22, 167, 182, 188–189, 224, 273, 277, 322, 341, 381–382, 711, 760, 861–862, 891–892, 910, 915
  • Tonkin Delta civilian evacuation, 1065, 1068–1069, 1085
  • U.S. attitude toward, 22, 23, 24, 26–28, 34, 98, 136–137, 139, 152, 169, 182, 284–285, 294, 341, 356, 359, 365, 370, 381–382, 420, 596, 825, 855, 992, 1015, 1020, 1030–1031, 1083, 1086, 1092, 1113, 1138, 1155, 1477, 1521, 1616–1618, 1710, 1737, 2047, 2071, 2213–2215, 2438–2439
  • U.S. military intervention, question of, 1760–1761
  • Viet Minh, attitude toward, 453–455, 1385, 1544
  • Vietnam:
    • Absence from, 1548, 1560, 1562, 1611, 1686, 2258
    • Budget, 23
    • China, People’s Republic of, policy toward, 850
    • Commander in Chief, powers as, 23–24, 26–28, 455, 2342, 2350, 2360
    • Diplomatic relations, 979
    • Elections, 322–323, 375, 411–412, 504, 574, 1101
    • France, relations with, 19n, 194, 426, 1086
    • French Union membership, 795, 828, 829, 833, 838–839, 855–856, 878
    • French withdrawal from, 620, 859, 1385, 1388
    • Government, 22, 65, 167, 169, 182, 236, 286, 374, 375, 979–981, 1153, 1545, 1566, 2115, 2116, 2129, 2342–2344, 2350, 2351, 2360, 2381, 2402
    • Independence, negotiations with French re, 705, 710–712, 759, 795, 825, 830, 831, 844, 877–878, 890, 915, 978, 1085–1086, 1092, 1123, 1154, 1340, 1384, 1424
    • Land reform, 504
    • Military planning, participation in, 166, 236, 353, 374–375, 376, 395n, 455, 587–588
    • National Army, 23, 26–27, 65, 167, 277, 285–286, 371, 374–376, 410, 431, 455, 619–621, 625, 712, 734, 741, 856, 1068, 1152–1153, 1385
    • National Assembly, 12, 220, 375, 404, 409, 455, 574, 578, 821, 850, 919–920, 1101, 1152, 1610, 1611
    • National Congress, 759, 795, 829, 833, 837–838
    • Return to:
      • Asian position, 2435
      • British position, 2386, 2402
      • French position, 825, 834, 1686, 1690, 1940, 1948, 1975–1976, 1982–1983, 1997, 2008, 2112, 2233, 2303, 2304–2305, 2377
      • Statements re, 840, 1935–1936, 2057, 2116–2117, 2212, 2328
      • U.S. position, 846, 1507, 1611, 1946n, 2116–2117, 2305, 2315, 2328, 2343, 2351, 2365–2366, 2379, 2380–2381, 2386, 2393–2394, 2395, 2411, 2420, 2424, 2428, 2429, 2430, 2435
      • Vietnamese position, 844, 1690, 1719, 1760–1761, 1763, 1783, 1946, 2328, 2362, 2395
    • Taxation, 409, 410
    • U.S. assistance to, 276, 455, 856, 878, 1154
    • U.S. policy toward, 587–588, 2371
• Barbour, Walworth, 1117, 2066, 2078, 2080n, 2122
• Barrachin, Edmond, 954–955
• Barre, Jean, 2283
• Barrows, Leland, 2224, 2280
• Bartlett, Frederick P., 15–16, 64, 287, 392–394, 399, 440, 444, 445, 446, 575
• Bassett, James, 1461n
• Battle, Lucius D., 210
• Bay Vien. See Le Van Vien.
• Beam, Jacob, 683
• Beaumont, Jean Michel Guerin de, 1826
• Begoügne de Juniac, Gontran, 669, 1950
• Beigel, Edgar J., 129n, 190, 198, 202n, 413n, 440, 464, 791n, 874n, 884n, 1669n, 1866n, 2003n, 2066, 2215n, 2275n
• Belgium, 278n, 283, 302–303
• Belleux, Col., 1029
• Berchoux, Gen., 288
• Berlin Conference, Jan. 25–Feb. 18, 1954, 997, 998, 1000, 1020–1021, 1022–1023, 1037, 1042, 1045–1046, 1051, 1052, 1057–1058, 1069–1070, 1078, 1080–1081, 1303, 1645, 1735
• Bermuda Conference, Dec. 4–8, 1953, 618, 875, 876, 882, 883, 889, 897n, 901–902
• Bhagat, Gen., 2369
• Bidault, Georges, 331n, 392, 416, 622n, 1038n, 1042
  • Associated States independence, 654, 657–658, 671, 672, 673, 674–675, 831, 901–902
  • Atomic weapons, possible use, 1927, 1933
  • Berlin Conference discussion of Indochina, 1021, 1057–1058, 1080–1081
  • Bilateral (France–U.S.) discussion of Indochina, 377–378, 429–435, 483–486, 507–510, 656–667, 1328–1338, 1375
  • Cambodia, situation in, 530, 610, 653n, 660, 831
  • Cessation of hostilities, 842n, 1241, 1478–1479, 1487–1488
  • China, People’s Republic of, role in Indochina, 665, 832, 1045–1046, 1122
  • Collective defense, 1243, 1274–1275, 1282–1283, 1328–1334
  • Dien Bien Phu, 1260, 1293, 1374, 1375, 1390, 1391
  • France:
    • Partnership with United States in Indochina, 1628, 1710–1711
    • Position in Indochina, 418–419, 656, 1299–1300, 1338–1339, 1352, 1391–1393, 1469
    • Withdrawal from Indochina, 509, 653, 670, 1021
  • French Union, 653, 660, 828, 831, 1602
  • Geneva Conference on Indochina, 998–1000, 1022, 1053, 1057, 1080, 1081, 1105, 1171, 1303, 1333–1334, 1376, 1392, 1418, 1871n
  • Internationalization of the Indochina conflict, 670–671
  • Korean political conference, possible introduction of Indochina at, 661, 664–665, 666, 670–671, 678n
  • Laos, situation in, 831
  • Letourneau Plan, 658
  • Military situation in Indochina, 659, 671, 672, 830, 901, 1017
  • Multilateral (Associated States–France–U.S.) discussion of Indochina, 674–678
  • Navarre Plan, 658–659, 671–672, 812–819, 831
  • Negotiated settlement in Indochina, 661, 666–667, 678n, 847, 890, 902, 999–1000, 1021, 1052, 1134
  • Tripartite (France–U.K.–U.S.) discussion of Indochina, 505–506, 669–672, 828, 830–832, 901–902, 1391–1393
  • United Nations, appeals to, 505–506, 528–529, 538–539, 556n, 609–610, 1631, 1632, 1671
  • U.S. assistance to France in Indochina, 538, 659–660, 675, 699, 702–703, 749, 967, 1219n, 1286, 1401
  • U.S. military intervention, question of, 941, 1236–1238, 1268–1269, 1272–1273, 1361–1362, 1397, 1398–1399, 1401, 1483–1484
  • Vietnam, situation in, 1340n, 1458n
• Bigeard, Col., 2022
• Binh Xuyen (see also section subheadings under Vietnam; Vietnamese National Army), 66, 228, 1724, 1890, 2099, 2334
  • Armed forces, 2293
  • Diem government:
    • Support of, attempts to gain, 1923, 1932, 2001
    • Opposition to, 1817, 1843, 1873, 1940–1941, 1945, 1984, 1989, 2000, 2019, 2039, 2042, 2071, 2083, 2084, 2106, 2110, 2119–2120, 2127, 2219, 2315
  • Gambling concession, 228, 1503, 1843
  • Participation in government question of, 2118, 2126–2127, 2131, 2397
  • Strength of, 1585n, 2000, 2102, 2291
  • Vietnamese Sûreté, control over, 1450, 1460, 1479–1480, 1609, 1938, 2072, 2102, 2291
• Bissell, Richard M., 2407
• Black, Lt. Col. Edwin F., USA, 669, 674
• Blair, William, 453
• Blakeney, F.J., 1512n
• Blanchet, 440
• Blancké, W. Wendell, 46, 109, 1890
• Bodard, Lucien, 843, 1123, 2019, 2023
• Bodet, Maj. Gen. Pierre-Louis, 582, 617, 937–938, 959, 967–968, 996, 1029, 1128n, 1457, 1735
• Bohlen, Charles E, 82n, 141, 1310
• Bolté, Lt. Gen. Charles L., 141, 143, 987
• Bonbright, James C. H., 400–402, 683, 750, 882–883, 1040, 1180–1181, 1225, 1231, 1274n, 1275–1278, 1290–1292, 1315–1317, 1366, 1398n, 1417–1419, 1512–1515, 1594n
• Bondis, Gen., 465, 467, 617
• Bonesteel, Brig. Gen. Charles H., III, 1002n, 1006, 1041
• Bonnet, Henri, 111–112, 190, 198, 389n, 391–392, 429, 475n, 489, 506–507, 527, 535, 538n, 568–569, 588–589, 613, 640n, 656, 669, 674, 709–710, 742–743, 749, 823–824, 848n, 851, 874–875, 943n, 1025–1026, 1040–1041, 1219n, 1225–1229, 1290–1292, 1403, 1516, 1540–1543, 1676, 1710–1713, 1767, 1796, 1800, 1815, 1950–1951, 1992–1993, 2186–2187, 2265, 2284n, 2329–2330
• Bonsai, Philip W., 75n, 382, 413n, 725, 751, 1031n, 1117, 1157, 1279–1280, 1949–1950
  • Associated States, situation in, 417, 440–441, 442, 618, 673–674, 852–853, 883–884
  • Bao Dai, attitude toward, 239–240, 527–528, 1020, 1083
  • Bilateral (France–U.S.) discussion of Indochina, 189–195, 197–202, 203–204, 656–667, 1142–1144
  • Cambodia, situation in, 520, 800
  • China, People’s Republic of, aggression in Indochina, 201, 335–336, 352, 417, 618, 1283–1284
  • Collective defense, 1328
  • Dien Bien Phu, 996, 1172
  • France:
    • Partnership with United States in Indochina, 977, 992–993, 1032–1033, 1041–1043, 1129–1130
    • Position in Indochina, 93–98, 332–335, 373–374, 529, 723–724
    • Withdrawal from Indochina, 332–333, 373, 502–503, 537–538, 603, 722, 944, 945, 1205–1206
  • French Union troop reinforcement, 365, 576–577, 591, 617–618
  • Internationalization of the Indochina conflict, 297–298, 332, 335
  • Korea, settlement in and relationship to Indochina, 556–557, 690, 726
  • Laos, invasions by Viet Minh, 468, 470–472, 506, 514, 536, 555–556, 568n, 589–590, 931–933
  • Letourneau Plan, 456–464, 478–479, 499–500, 501, 503, 617–618
  • Military situation in Indochina, 337n, 486–487, 617–618, 721–722, 886–887, 1081–1082, 1136
  • Multilateral (Associated States–France–U.S.) discussion of Indochina, 674–678
  • Navarre Plan, 617, 626, 628–630, 673, 683, 687, 749n, 757–758, 761, 793–794, 903–906, 911–912, 945, 985–986, 993–994, 1043, 1051, 1075
  • Negotiated settlement in Indochina, 557–558, 603, 618, 761–762, 911, 912, 1051
  • O’Daniel Missions to Indochina, 575n, 603–604, 616–618, 859n, 885
  • President’s Special Committee on Indochina, 995, 1006, 1041–1043, 1051–1052
  • Southeast Asia, Communist domination, consequences of, 1051, 1052
  • Tripartite (France–U.K–U.S.) discussion of Indochina, 669–672
  • Unconventional warfare activities, 994–995, 1083
  • U.S. assistance to:
    • France in Indochina, 334, 335, 336–337, 351–352, 363–365, 372–373, 400–402, 416–417, 723–724, 887, 943–944, 994–995, 1050–1051
    • Vietnam, 336, 1082
  • U.S. military intervention, question of, 538, 618, 762, 912, 944–945
  • Viet Minh military objectives, 906–908
  • Vietnam, situation in, 332–333, 365–366, 444, 827, 838–839, 908–911, 912, 1019, 1050, 1051, 1083, 1298n, 1935, 1993–1994
• Boone, Rear Adm. Walter F., 361, 1169
• Bordaz, Gen., 1686, 1985–1986, 2001–2002, 2280, 2317
• Bougenot, André, 1371
• Boun Oum, 1722, 2121
• Bourgès-Maunoury, Maurice, 429, 434, 483, 507, 508
• Boutbien, Leon, 846
• Boussary, Gen., 289
• Bowie, Robert R., 640–641, 648, 649, 654, 656, 669, 713–714, 750, 751, 756, 780, 1117, 1169, 1172, 1246–1247, 1250, 1376, 1526, 1594n, 1624–1626, 1649n, 1662, 1693–1695, 1745, 1766, 2122
• Bowker, Sir Robert James, 210
• Bowles, Chester, 220–221, 261, 264–266
• Braddock, Gen., 552
• Bradley, Maj. Gen. J. S., 336
• Bradley, General of the Army Omar N., 15–16, 90, 117, 144–145, 154, 361–363, 683, 687, 688
• Braggiotti, D. Chadwick, 1630n
• Breal, 2018, 2143
• Bridges, Styles, 1096, 1410n, 1471–1477
• Brink, Brig. Gen. Francis G., 36, 40, 99, 110–111, 143, 170–174, 197, 227n
• British Commonwealth of Nations, 9, 24, 138, 319, 444, 672, 873, 878, 1227, 1242, 1244, 1254, 1277, 1329, 1362, 1605
• Brohon, Col., 190, 198, 1137, 1303–1304, 1317–1318, 1621, 1624, 1636, 1637, 1675, 1953
• Brown, Ben H., Jr., 806n
• Brown, Richard R., 1952
• Brownell, Herbert, 1202n
• Bruce, David K. E., 1, 75n, 141–144, 203, 213–215, 220
• Bruyneel, Robert, 1300
• Bufford, 1480
• Bui-Chu, Bishop of, 35, 1077
• Bukit Serene Conference, 316–317, 318–319, 325–328
• Bullitt, William C., 2123
• Bunting, Frederick H., 382, 2117n
• Burgess, W. Randolph, 429, 1463, 2387
• Burin des Roziers, Etienne, 429
• Burma (see also Viet Minh: Threat to Thailand and Burma), 21, 30, 83, 86, 239, 398, 491, 764, 765, 867, 868, 870, 871, 873, 972, 982, 1186, 1197, 1203, 1463, 1467, 1513, 1649, 1715, 1732, 1799, 2386, 2409
• Butler, Richard Austen, 505, 1470
• Buu Hoi, 1898, 1940, 1947, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1997, 2008, 2013, 2083, 2166, 2180, 2183, 2212, 2235–2236, 2237, 2249, 2258, 2290, 2303, 2328, 2426
• Buu Loc (see also Buu Loc government under Vietnam), 228, 691, 1039, 1450, 2290
  • Diem government, possible participation in, 1686, 2240n, 2258
  • French attitude toward, 834, 862, 1697, 1920, 2099, 2109, 2111, 2166, 2183, 2240n
  • Geneva Conference on Indochina, 1077, 1191–1192, 1340–1341
  • U.S. attitude toward, 844, 1077, 1577, 2111, 2183
  • U.S. training of forces, 1738, 1752–1753
  • Vietnam:
    • Government, 1193, 1737, 2038, 2104, 2116
    • Independence, negotiations with French re, 1191
    • National Assembly, 1192–1193
    • National Congress, 759, 828–830, 833–834, 835, 842–844, 849
    • Situation in, 1077–1078, 1718–1720, 1729–1730
• Byington, Homer M., Jr., 189, 198, 348–351
• Byroade, Henry A., 1766, 1768
• Cabell, Lt. Gen. Charles P., 368–369, 496, 751, 755, 1006, 1117, 1169, 1172–1173, 1744, 1977
• Caccia, Sir Harold A., 1386, 1390, 1819, 1826, 2114, 2164
• Callender, Harold, 471–472
• Cambodia (see also Associated States and Cambodian subheadings under other subjects):
  • Air Force, possible formation, 957–958, 959
  • Communist threat to, 316, 595, 621, 1010, 1300–1302, 1321, 1336n, 1356–1357, 1364–1365, 1369, 1406, 1437, 1634, 1673–1674, 1805–1806, 1901, 1913–1914, 1988, 2094, 2135, 2140–2141, 2288, 2300–2301, 2351, 2386, 2422
  • Diplomatic recognition, 1799, 2217, 2370, 2386
  • Elections, 2140–2141, 2373
  • France:
    • Relations with, 25, 217–219, 475–477, 488–490, 520, 523, 525, 530, 562, 622–623, 682, 825, 860, 1056, 2300, 2336n, 2420–2423
    • Training mission, 2405, 2410n, 2421, 2433–2434
    • Troops in, 196–197, 218, 219, 622–623, 626–627, 630–631, 637–638, 2300
  • French Union membership, 524, 633, 638–639, 660, 677, 682, 958, 1362
  • Government:
    • Transfer of functions to, 191–192, 831, 1300
    • U.S. support of, 1738–1739, 2382–2384, 2386
  • Independence, 1673, 1799, 1805–1806, 1956, 2300
    • Negotiations with French re, 476, 488, 489, 520, 530, 562, 609, 614, 619, 622–623, 658, 676–677, 679–680, 682, 697–699, 705–706, 798–799, 845, 917, 958, 1405
    • Question of, 433, 475–477, 488–490, 547, 609, 614, 619, 638–639, 671, 676, 798–799, 810, 1113
  • “Khmer Resistance Government”, 1194–1195
  • Military situation, 41, 108, 171, 348, 395–396, 524–525, 597, 601, 1056, 1364–1365, 1613
  • National Army, 25, 159, 160, 170, 320, 452, 562n, 625, 798–799, 803–805, 831, 860–861, 1300, 1405–1406, 1752, 1956, 2082, 2241, 2300, 2310, 2373
  • Neutrality statement (Sept. 10, 1953), 798–800, 802, 807–809, 861, 865
  • Political situation, 37, 196–197, 205, 215–219, 245, 341, 347, 597, 600, 864–865, 1680–1681, 1701, 1906, 1907, 1937, 1954, 2301
  • Southeast Asian states, relations with, 1799–1800, 1887, 2300, 2349, 2370, 2382–2385
  • Tripartite (France–U.K.–U.S.) briefing on Indochina, 2405–2406
  • United Nations, appeal to (see under United Nations: Appeals)
  • U.S. assistance:
    • Cambodian attitude toward, 197, 218, 653n, 799–800, 917, 957–958, 959, 1301–1302, 1405–1406, 1800, 2135
    • Cessation of, question of, 802, 806, 916
    • Financial, 959, 1900–1903, 1966, 1970–1972, 2065, 2143–2144, 2370, 2374–2375
    • Military, 803, 810, 1739, 1747–1748, 1859n, 1878, 1969, 2053–2054, 2063, 2079, 2114–2115, 2132, 2143–2144, 2275, 2310, 2312–2314, 2373, 2411, 2421, 2422
    • Military Assistance Advisory Group, 1563, 1740, 2088–2089, 2125–2126, 2154, 2185, 2313–2314, 2329, 2410–2411, 2433–2434, 2437
    • Requests for, 1364–1365, 1738, 1887
    • Technical advisers, 344–345
  • U.S. diplomatic relations with, 1578, 1865, 1960, 1966n
  • U.S. training of forces (see U.S. training of forces)
  • Viet Minh, negotiations with, 1792–1793, 1960–1961
• Cameron, Turner, 1075, 1340n, 1380–1381, 1550–1552, 1569n, 1765–1766, 1850–1851, 1862–1863, 1974, 2074–2075, 2105, 2118
• Canada, 278n, 283, 302–303, 551–552, 1275–1278, 1732, 1874–1876, 2406–2407
• Cao Dai, 11, 46, 66, 395, 444, 849–850, 980, 1071, 1154, 1193, 1207, 1208, 1450, 1724, 1761, 1817, 1843, 1873, 1890, 1923, 1932, 1940, 1945, 1989, 2019, 2071, 2093, 2145, 2170, 2173, 2219, 2251, 2289, 2293, 2334, 2376
• Capella, Basil, 1899
• Carney, Adm. Robert B., 751, 756–757, 1055, 1117, 1198–1199, 1221–1222, 1499, 1713–1718, 2066–2070, 2078–2080, 2086–2087
• Carns, Col. Edwin H. J., 361, 496, 648, 683, 1117, 1169
• Carpentier, Gen. Marcel, 406, 411
• Carraud, Pierre, 669, 674
• Casey, Richard G., 789n, 791, 1462, 1485
• Catlett, Don V., 2349n
• Catroux, Diomede, 854
• Catroux, Gen. Georges, 19, 1975
• Cease-fire. See Cessation of hostilities.
• Central Intelligence Agency, U.S., 53n, 428, 563n, 755, 986, 994, 1004, 1037, 1110, 1111, 1651, 1977–1980
• Cerles, Pierre, 1846, 2369
• Cessation of hostilities (see also Geneva Conference on Indochina; Negotiated settlement in Indochina):
  • As consequence of international conference, 726, 848n, 1039, 1070
  • British position, 1216, 1376, 1422–1423, 1506
  • China, People’s Republic of, interest, 486–487, 557
  • Commission to enforce, 1531, 1559
  • Conditions for:
    • French, 13–14, 891n, 897, 914, 1098, 1101, 1138, 1154
    • Soviet, 1009–1010
    • Vietnamese, 1101
  • French position, 275, 643, 726, 842n, 847n, 891n, 921, 1073, 1373, 1374, 1375, 1384, 1392, 1423, 1458, 1478–1479, 1493–1494, 1523, 1530–1532, 1671, 1736, 1786, 1788, 1814
  • French-Viet Minh talks re, 1731, 1767n
  • Ho Chi Minh willingness to negotiate, 534, 611, 863, 887n, 1027–1028, 1073
  • Laotian position, 923, 1078, 1764
  • International control guarantee, 1488, 1507, 1531–1532, 1731, 1788, 1822
  • Proposals for:
    • French, 1487–1488, 1490, 1496–1498, 1506–1509, 1512, 1725–1726
    • Indian, 14, 1072–1073, 1077, 1097, 1098, 1267, 1317
    • Soviet, 1009–1010
    • Viet Minh, 487, 1537, 1557–1559, 1739
  • Soviet position, 486–487, 1241, 1305
  • U.S. military assistance to Indochina, suspension of in the event of, 1493–1494, 1509–1511
  • U.S. position, 31, 74, 87, 89, 479, 486–487, 764, 858, 893, 921–922, 975, 1009–1010, 1070, 1412, 1418–1419, 1509
  • U.S. recovery of matériel in the event of, 1509–1511, 1570, 1587, 1798
  • Viet Minh position, 1493–1494
  • Vietnamese position, 558–559, 620, 849, 856, 893, 1101, 1579, 1610, 1727, 1804
• Ceylon, 358, 866n, 867, 870, 871, 1197, 1330, 1344, 1463, 1799, 2409
• Chan Nak, 957–959
• Chase, J., 496
• Chassin, Gen., 309, 314–315
• Chauvel, Jean, 1282–1283, 1328, 1529n, 1725–1726, 1756, 1815–1816, 2007
• Chevallier, 1877–1878
• Cheysson, Claude, 288, 321–323, 358, 406–408, 411, 623, 711, 712, 1328, 1896, 1935–1936, 1979, 1980, 2071, 2235–2236, 2237n
• Chiang Kai-shek, Gen., 49–50, 454, 790, 979, 1024, 1028, 1085, 1181
• China, People’s Republic of (see also China, People’s Republic of subheadings under other subjects):
  • Aggression in Indochina, question of, 398, 2144
    • After Korean armistice, 4, 6, 58, 59, 164, 373, 433–434, 437, 456, 487, 540, 541, 556–557, 646, 654, 659, 661, 664, 665, 707
    • Associated States position, 1196
    • Australian position, 266, 299, 362
    • British position, 15–16, 20n, 68–69, 71–72, 90–91, 107, 112, 163–164, 175, 211, 266, 299, 362, 832
    • French appeal to the United Nations in the event of, question of, 6, 9, 17–18, 761, 825, 975–976
    • French position, 4, 6, 7, 8–9, 15–16, 21, 44, 62–63, 112, 131, 163–165, 184, 190–191, 200–202, 205–206, 295, 373, 390, 398, 790, 832, 877, 934, 996n, 1041, 1629, 1639–1640, 1642
    • Indian position, 14, 221
    • Multilateral consultation concerning, 162–165, 266, 299, 362, 975–976
    • New Zealand position, 266, 299, 362, 790
    • Soviet support for, question of, 153, 1334, 1388–1389
    • Tripartite (France–U.K.–U.S.) warning, 3, 15–16, 111–112, 131, 143, 145, 153–154, 155, 162–164, 181, 183, 184, 211–213, 237, 1186
    • U.N. actions in the event of, possible, 18, 20n, 70, 163–164, 975–976
    • U.S. courses of action in the event of, 3, 9, 13, 15–16, 79–80, 112, 119, 141, 143, 148–149, 153–154, 155, 162–164, 175, 186, 208, 211, 362, 549, 602, 615, 618, 629, 646, 654, 747, 754, 782, 975–976, 986, 1028–1029, 1141, 1143, 1157–1160, 1165, 1171, 1182, 1194, 1307, 1377, 1448, 1515, 1638–1639, 1648–1649, 1658, 1714
    • U.S. courses of action to prevent, 20n, 28–34, 61–62, 113–124, 128, 211, 238–239, 417, 420, 612, 707, 782–783, 790, 847n, 925, 929, 1109–1116, 1217, 1226–1227, 1241, 1246–1247, 1518
    • U.S. position on likelihood, 8–9, 12–13, 43, 97, 114–117, 124, 148, 153–154, 174, 209, 210, 211, 221, 243, 248, 295, 312, 335–336, 352, 376–377, 420, 433, 557, 602, 662–663, 782, 785–786, 796, 832n, 925–929, 971–972, 1028, 1251, 1388, 1433, 1464–1465, 1485–1486, 1533, 1703–1709
    • U.S. security, threat to, 1676n
    • Viet Minh defeat, to prevent, 86–87, 115–116, 190–191, 200–202, 205–206, 209, 227, 246, 295, 335–336, 373, 390, 398, 405, 417, 425, 754, 789, 877, 926, 927–929
    • Vietnamese position, 23, 878, 900, 979, 1085
  • Anti-U.S. propaganda, 1288–1290, 1369–1370, 1433, 1664
  • British policy, 2, 1080, 1187
  • Diplomatic recognition, 1057, 1099, 1106, 1107n, 1180, 1412
  • Laos, invasion by Viet Minh, position on, 491–492, 594–595
  • Naval blockade, possible tripartite France–U.K.–U.S.), 143, 154, 186, 211, 362, 975, 976, 1181
  • Objectives in Indochina, 29, 32, 53–60, 243, 248, 289, 602, 1028–1029, 1064, 1344
  • Trade embargo, 1106, 1107n, 1192, 1226, 1900
  • Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, relationship to, 1, 3, 29, 50, 58, 611–612, 705, 1122, 1334, 1388–1389, 1433, 1709
  • Viet Minh, assistance to (see under Viet Minh)
  • Vietnamese attitude toward, 850
  • War with, possible (see War, global)
• China, Republic of, 3, 13, 21, 298, 398, 616, 871, 913, 927, 976, 979, 1024, 1040–1041, 1055, 1186, 1197, 1216, 1330, 1486, 1564, 1584
• Chiperfield, Robert B., 1471
• Chou En-lai, 611, 1370, 1433, 1483, 1485, 1687, 1725, 1732, 1756, 1786n, 1887, 2125
• Christiaens, 1525
• Church, Marguerite Stitt, 892n
• Churchill, Sir Winston, 2, 13, 19–20, 902, 1238–1241, 1287, 1322–1323, 1367, 1398n, 1416n, 1423, 1434–1435, 1459, 1462, 1467, 1473–1474, 1482, 1525, 1584, 1728–1729, 1751, 1758n, 1792n, 1860
• Civil Air Transport, 387–388, 573n, 938, 944, 996, 998, 1004, 1009, 1011, 1037, 1072, 1073, 1324, 1480, 2383
• Clarac, 2336n, 2440–2441
• Clark, Lt. Col., 1121
• Clark, Gen. Mark W., 417–418, 420, 421–423, 430, 484, 494, 498, 512n
• Clay, Eugene H., 440
• Clements, Earle C., 1224–1225, 1471
• Cochin-Chinese Republic, possible formation, 1545, 1560
• Cocke, Lt. Col., 1137, 1142, 1247
• Cogny, Gen. René, 110, 289, 605, 614, 625, 654–655, 689–690, 724–725, 801, 860, 886, 906, 907, 909, 916n, 949, 964–966, 996, 1008, 1010, 1015, 1026, 1051, 1060, 1089–1090, 1099, 1128, 1149, 1170, 1201, 1252, 1340–1341, 1360, 1368, 1432, 1457, 1479, 1493, 1494, 1536–1537, 1562–1563, 1729, 1765–1766
• Collective defense (see also Internationalization of the Indochina conflict):
  • Ad hoc coalition, creation of, 1232–1235, 1238–1241, 1306, 1316, 1331, 1386n
  • ANZUS Pact (1952) as base for, 1167, 1196, 1198, 1229, 1230, 1233, 1276, 1307, 1323, 1418, 1419, 1444, 1485
  • Associated States participation, 1196–1197, 1513, 1515
  • Atomic weapons, possible use, 1217, 1271, 1447
  • Australian position, 1186, 1188–1189, 1196, 1233–1235, 1304–1307, 1330, 1423, 1433, 1434, 1475, 1485, 1588, 1732, 1775, 2012
  • British position, 1180n, 1186, 1196, 1216–1217, 1232–1233, 1236, 1254–1255, 1287n, 1291, 1308–1309, 1311–1314, 1319–1320, 1321–1322, 1325, 1342–1343, 1362, 1375, 1414, 1416–1417, 1422–1423, 1432–1433, 1445–1446, 1467, 1468, 1474, 1475, 1481–1483, 1486, 1629, 1732, 1775, 1848n, 1849, 1869, 2012, 2326
  • Burmese position, 1186, 1197, 1463, 1467, 1732
  • Cambodian position, 1279–1280, 1405–1406, 1673, 1800, 1988
  • Canadian position, 1275–1278, 1732
  • Ceylonese position, 1197, 1463
  • China, People’s Republic of, position, 1289
  • China, Republic of, position, 1186, 1197, 1216
  • Command structure for, 1591, 1624
  • Congressional support, 1167, 1211, 1225, 1329
  • Declaration of intent, proposed, 1306, 1417–1418
  • Five-power military group, 1362–1363, 1367, 1393–1394, 1572, 1583, 1628, 1642n, 1644
  • Five-Power Staff Agency, 1486–1487, 1496, 1513, 1583, 1713–1716
  • French position, 107, 130, 278, 1167, 1189–1190, 1196, 1199, 1282–1283, 1290–1292, 1294–1295, 1336n, 1342–1343, 1358, 1361–1362, 1481–1482, 1525–1526, 1541, 1629, 1949, 2012
  • Indian position, 1193–1194, 1217–1218, 1315–1317, 1407, 1463, 1483, 1539, 1572, 1732, 1869
  • Indonesian position, 1197, 1463
  • Japanese position, 1197
  • Korea, Republic of, position, 1197, 1216, 1627, 1661, 1676, 1694, 1867–1868
  • Laotian position, 1279–1280, 1764
  • Manila Conference, 2007n, 2012, 2017
  • Manila Pact (see Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty, below)
  • Meeting of the Sixteen re, 1349–1350, 1482
  • New Zealand position, 1186, 1188–1189, 1196, 1234, 1284–1285, 1330, 1423, 1433, 1434, 1462, 1588, 1732, 1775, 2012
  • Pakistani position, 1463, 2012
  • Philippine position, 1186, 1197, 1330, 1461n, 1462, 2012, 2231
  • Regional grouping for, possible, 2, 70, 130, 616, 639, 866, 870, 982, 1159, 1166, 1167, 1180, 1184, 1195–1198, 1246–1247, 1254–1265, 1331, 1445–1448, 1470, 1476, 1488, 1512n, 1552–1553, 1570, 1583, 1588, 1618, 1629, 1642, 1729, 1732–1733, 1938, 1953
  • Southeast Asia, Communist domination, as motivating factor for, 1159, 1167–1168, 1172, 1173, 1181–1182, 1187, 1188, 1204–1205, 1212, 1215, 1217, 1224, 1413
  • Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty, Sept. 8, 1954, 1953, 2012, 2073, 2097, 2124, 2133, 2209, 2215, 2224, 2231, 2233–2234, 2261–2262, 2279, 2308, 2311, 2320, 2326, 2344, 2359, 2412, 2423
  • Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, 1180n, 1198, 2248, 2390
  • Soviet position, 1310
  • Thai position, 639, 1186, 1197, 1236, 1302, 1329, 1330, 1433, 1462, 1514–1515, 2012
  • Tripartite (France–U.K.–U.S.) efforts at, 1342–1343
  • U.N. role, possible, 1174n, 1196, 1216, 1218, 1321, 1336n, 1345–1346, 1529, 1557
  • U.S. attempts to persuade allies, 127, 1187, 1188–1189, 1215–1218, 1281, 1286–1288, 1302–1303, 1304–1307, 1308–1309, 1321, 1328–1334, 1412, 1466–1470, 1535, 1834n, 1916–1920
  • U.S. conditions for, 79–80, 1236, 1279–1280, 1298, 1336, 1390, 1403
  • U.S. draft declaration of common purpose, 1314–1315
  • U.S. long-term commitment to defense of Thailand and Malaya, 1195, 1198
  • U.S. military participation, 1184, 1195–1197, 1212, 1527–1528, 1594, 1639n, 1641n, 1647, 1648, 1774–1775, 1822–1823, 1916
  • U.S. position, 1321–1322, 1336n, 1339–1340, 1372, 1376–1377, 1399, 1410–1411, 1412–1414, 1415, 1417, 1419–1421, 1446, 1461n, 1473–1477, 1489–1490, 1513–1515, 1805–1806, 1830–1831, 1848n, 1865, 1870, 1953, 2012
  • U.S. proposal for, 1182, 1225, 1226–1229, 1243–1244, 1276, 1316–1317
  • Vietnamese position, 1167, 1279–1280, 1884, 2073
  • Working Group, establishment of, 1362–1363
• Collins, Gen. J. Lawton, 1117, 2195, 2198–2199, 2205, 2207–2209
  • Bao Dai, attitude toward, 2360
  • Collective defense, 2326
  • Diem, attitude toward, 2250, 2429
  • France:
    • Commander in Chief, appointment of, 499, 500, 501
    • Indochina policy, 2250–2251, 2267–2268
    • Partnership with United States in Indochina, 2254, 2260, 2280, 2306, 2318–2319, 2340, 2341–2345, 2362, 2364, 2366–2369, 2370, 2412, 2418, 2420, 2423–2425, 2426–2427, 2429, 2430, 2435, 2440–2441
    • Vietnam, Democratic Republic of, mission to, 2352–2354
    • Withdrawal from Indochina, 502
  • French Expeditionary Corps, 2250, 2251, 2261–2262, 2319, 2326
  • Letourneau Plan, 472–473, 497
  • Navarre Plan, 649, 683, 687
  • U.S. assistance to:
    • France in Indochina, 473–474, 501, 503
    • Vietnam, question of direct, 2309n, 2369, 2381
  • U.S. military intervention, question of, 649–650
  • U.S. recovery of matériel in Vietnam, 2280–2281
  • U.S. training of forces in Vietnam, 473, 498–499, 2234, 2253–2256, 2259–2262, 2269–2270, 2279–2280, 2281, 2316–2317, 2364, 2366–2369, 2381, 2424, 2425
  • Vietnam:
    • Diem government, 2232, 2238–2241, 2250, 2272–2274, 2281–2283, 2325, 2361–2362, 2375–2378, 2379–2382, 2396–2398, 2423–2424, 2428–2429
    • National Army:
      • Force levels, 2252–2253, 2263–2264, 2273, 2280, 2367–2368, 2415–2417
      • Leadership of, 2380
      • Role of, 2233, 2251, 2301–2302, 2326
      • U.S. financial support, 2416–2417, 2424
    • National elections, 2256–2257
    • Situation in, 2229, 2244–2245
    • U.S. withdrawal of support from, question of, 2366, 2376, 2381–2382, 2393–2394
  • Vietnamese attitude toward, 2333
  • Visit to Philippines, 2230–2231, 2234
• Collins Mission to Vietnam:
  • Announcement of, 2194–2195, 2198–2199, 2200–2204, 2205n, 2210
  • French position, 2201n, 2203–2204, 2218, 2232
  • Instructions for, 2205–2207
  • Objectives, 2316–2319, 2325–2326, 2415
  • Philippine position, 2230
  • Vietnamese position, 2202–2203, 2207–2208
• Colombo Plan, 444, 1344, 1362, 1376, 1463, 1467, 1482, 1486, 2192
• Colquitt, Adrian de Boisfeuillet, 2093–2095
• Commonwealth. See British Commonwealth of Nations.
• Compain, 1381, 1536
• Congress, U.S. (see also Congressional subheadings under U.S. assistance to France in Indochina; U.S. military intervention):
  • Administrative testimony re Indochina, 69n, 76, 542–543, 1049–1052, 1059, 1074
  • Associated States, interest in, 215, 428, 442, 535, 1266, 1870, 1958–1959
  • Consultation, importance of, 1263, 1268, 1351, 1372, 1413, 1471–1477, 1526n, 1528, 2319, 2432
  • Criticism of U.S. policy in Indochina, 1074–1075
  • Geneva Conference on Indochina, 1803
  • House Foreign Affairs Committee, 542, 892–893, 1049n, 1283
  • Legislative Leadership Conferences:
    • Feb. 8, 1954, 1023–1024
    • Feb. 15, 1954, 1024–1025
    • Apr. 3, 1954, 1224–1225
    • Apr. 5, 1954, 1245–1246
    • Apr. 20, 1954, 1351
    • Apr. 26, 1954, 1410–1414
    • May 3, 1954, 1461–1463
    • May 5, 1954, 1471–1477
    • June 23, 1954, 1730–1733
    • June 28, 1954, 1754–1755
  • Letourneau Plan, proposed recommendations concerning, 439–440, 483–484, 485, 508, 510
  • Navarre Plan, U.S. support of, 742, 749, 750, 751, 753, 755, 778–779, 784, 786–787, 792, 806–807
  • Senate Appropriations Committee, 700, 1024
  • Senate Armed Services Committee, 69n, 1023, 1024
  • Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 69n, 76, 542, 1049–1052, 1059, 1074
  • United Nations, appeal to, 535
• Conolly. Vice Adm. Richard L., 683, 688
• Cook, Charles D., 1630n
• Coppock, John, 413n
• Corcoran, Thomas Joseph, 196–197, 216, 218, 2127–2128, 2132, 2147–2148, 2149, 2322–2325, 2398, 2434
• Cottman, J. Stewart, Jr., 1511n
• Coty, René, 1178–1179, 1396n, 1501–1502, 1720–1721
• Cox, Henry B., 1040
• Crawford, Boyd, 1471
• Cutler, Robert, 427, 517, 547, 549, 780, 786, 947, 948, 951, 952–953, 961, 962–963, 987, 988, 1013, 1036, 1037, 1094, 1109n, 1164–1165, 1182n, 1210n, 1250–1265, 1410n, 1444, 1445–1448, 1461–1463, 1466–1470, 1481–1493, 1495–1498, 1505–1511, 1589, 1647–1649, 1658, 1661, 1730–1733, 1869, 1924, 2059, 2154–2158, 2184–2186
• Dabney, Gen. John A., 993, 1004–1005
• Dac Khe. See Nguyen Dac Khe.
• Daladier, Edouard, 275, 854, 1097, 1105
• Dalat Agreements. See French-Vietnamese High Military Committee.
• Dang Vang Sung, 829
• Daniell, Raymond, 1875
• Dannaud, 131, 146, 1984
• Dap Chhoun, 609
• Daridan, Jean, 190, 198, 429, 669, 720–721, 725–727, 1141, 1142, 1144, 1157, 1189–1190, 1948, 1962n, 1984, 2013, 2019, 2020, 2033–2035, 2042–2043, 2045–2046, 2081n, 2103–2106, 2112, 2131, 2135, 2144, 2207–2208, 2218–2219, 2230, 2328, 2330–2335, 2425
• Davis, Vice Adm. Arthur C, 361, 981, 1005, 1006, 1117, 1169, 1376, 1433, 1507, 2107, 2146–2147
• Day, Henry B., 618n, 644n, 723n, 1018n, 1338, 1564–1566, 1770n, 1899–1900
• Dayal, Rajeshwar, 1631
• de Brebisson, Col. Michel, 190, 198, 305, 656, 669, 674, 1726
• De Castries, Col. Christian, 111, 916, 996, 1026, 1190, 1191n, 1200, 1209–1210, 1252, 1299, 1318, 1327, 1378, 1492, 1498, 1505, 1516–1517, 2021–2022
• de Chambrun, 1097
• De Chevigné. Pierre, 19, 285, 349, 1059–1060, 1086–1087, 1088
• De Clermont-Tonnerre, Thierry, 429
• De Crèvecoeur, Col., 821, 1061, 1457, 1811, 1929–1930
• De Folin, Jacques, 1328, 1819, 1826
• De Gaulle, Gen. Charles, 130
• De Juniac. See Begoügne de Juniac.
• De la Gorce, François, 1365
• De la Tournelle. See Le Roy de la Tournelle.
• De Langlade, Gen., 347–348, 396, 861, 1690
• De Lattre de Tassigny, Gen. Jean, 4, 10, 11–12, 14, 18–21, 23–24, 27–28, 39, 43, 56, 67, 68, 72, 106, 107, 159, 160, 181, 183, 192, 234, 237, 390, 406, 531, 552, 554, 580, 581, 671, 754, 930, 949, 987–988, 1029, 1368, 1499
• De Linares, Mai. Gen. Francois Gonzales, 40, 109–111, 178, 254, 255, 288, 289, 337, 340, 406, 420, 421–422, 498, 501, 605
• De Margerie. See Jacquin de Margerie.
• De Pereyra, 288, 511
• De Raymond, 218
• De Seabra, Alexandre, 440
• De Shazo, Maj. Gen. Thomas E., 1754
• De Vos, Capt. Paul L., 427
• Defense, U.S. Department of, 82n, 113, 119–124, 147, 207–208, 232–233, 240–241, 250, 315–316, 386n, 388, 389n, 414, 437–440, 457, 461, 464, 508, 514, 570, 575, 576, 577, 739n, 740n, 822n, 943, 994, 1012, 1019n, 1040, 1042, 1094, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1114, 1115, 1148, 1164n, 1219n, 1283, 1294, 1430, 1866, 1939, 2146–2147, 2241–2244, 2311
• Defferre, Gaston, 1300
• Dejean, Maurice:
  • Appointment as Commissioner General, 635, 636, 658, 695, 697
  • Bao Dai, attitude toward, 705, 1155
  • Cambodia, situation in, 705–706, 799, 805, 959
  • Cessation of hostilities, 1512, 1530–1532
  • Civilian pilots, use of, 996, 1009
  • Dien Bien Phu, 914, 996–997, 1008, 1119–1120, 1123, 1128–1129, 1190–1191, 1200, 1349, 1359–1360, 1377–1378, 1399–1401, 1457–1458, 1478–1479, 1480, 1494–1495, 1498, 1522
  • European Defense Community ratification, 922–923
  • Geneva Conference on Indochina, 1039, 1511–1512
  • Internationalization of the Indochina conflict, 1400, 1512
  • Laos, situation in, 720, 1062
  • Military situation in Indochina, 914, 917, 997, 1008–1009, 1030–1040, 1627–1628
  • Navarre Plan, 704–705, 1089, 1124, 1520
  • Negotiated settlement in Indochina, 914, 1122–1124
  • Removal as Commissioner General, 1089, 1666n, 1735
  • U.S. assistance to France in Indochina, 996–997, 1009
  • U.S. desertion in Indochina, fear of, 1559–1560
  • U.S. training of forces, 1582–1583, 1691–1692
  • Viet Minh:
    • Armistice proposals, 1537, 1557–1559, 1561–1562
    • China, People’s Republic of. assistance, 823, 1089
  • Vietnam:
    • French Union membership, 829, 833, 835
    • Government, 861–862, 914–915, 960, 1088–1089, 1576, 1685–1686, 1697, 2013, 2025, 2053n, 2057, 2072n, 2081, 2084
    • Independence, negotiations with French re, 706, 1123
    • National Army, 1088–1089
    • National Congress, 829, 833, 835
    • Political situation, 1479–1480
• Delouvrier, 2387, 2390
• Deo Vnd Long, 725
• Desai, Morarji R., 2323
• Devinat, Paul, 70, 531, 563–564, 580–581
• Dewey, Thomas, 249
• Didelot, Agnes, 98, 1099–1100
• Diem. See Ngo Dinh Diem.
• Dien Bien Phu, 386–387, 886, 889–900, 905, 914, 917
  • Anticipated battle at, 956, 960, 964, 966, 990n, 996, 1089, 1099
  • Anticipated loss of, 941, 996, 1225, 1335n, 1359–1360, 1361–1362, 1365–1366, 1366–1367, 1368, 1371–1373, 1374, 1387, 1394–1395, 1410–1412, 1449, 1478–1479, 1480, 1520
  • Eisenhower letters to Coty and Bao Dai, 1178–1179, 1501–1502
  • Fall of (May 7, 1954), 1498, 1499, 1501–1502, 1505, 1516–1518, 1919, 2022
  • France:
    • Casualties, 1128, 1132, 1177–1178, 1190, 1200, 1218–1219, 1379, 1382, 1408, 1438, 1453, 1505, 1517, 1522, 1553, 1644–1646, 1735
    • Equipment, loss of, 1735, 1747
    • Evacuees, reports of, 1644–1646
    • Manpower and matériel shortage, 1129, 1139–1140
    • Military situation, 881–882, 916, 947–948, 956, 961–962, 965, 989–990, 997, 1000–1001, 1008, 1064, 1119–1120, 1124–1125, 1128–1129, 1133, 1142–1143, 1163–1164, 1170, 1190–1191, 1199–1200, 1209–1210, 1236–1238, 1251–1253, 1276, 1309, 1324, 1340–1341, 1348–1349, 1355–1356, 1379–1380, 1397, 1437–1438, 1448, 1457–1458, 1492–1493, 1457, 1459
    • National Assembly opinion, 1128n, 1149–1150
    • Policy re, 1139, 1299, 1462
    • Prisoners of war at, 1505, 1522, 1646, 2021–2023
    • Public opinion, 1128n, 1138, 1151–1152, 1273, 1372–1373, 1374, 1375, 1389, 1391, 1402, 1416–1417, 1436, 1517, 1520, 1735
    • Resistance at, 914, 937, 991, 1064–1066, 1089, 1099, 1119–1120, 1123, 1128, 1139–1140, 1154, 1159, 1170, 1172, 1181, 1190, 1202n, 1210, 1215, 1218, 1292, 1318, 1383, 1413, 1422, 1429, 1448, 1461n
    • Response to loss of, 1390, 1391, 1395, 1457, 1494–1495
    • Withdrawal from, 1457
  • French Union troops at, 1001, 1124, 1128, 1132, 1172, 1218
  • Prisoners, exchange of wounded, 1840–1841
  • Responsibility for loss of, 1249, 1274, 1293, 1519n
  • Strategic importance, 937, 948, 951–952, 1063, 1128, 1135, 1130–1140, 1149–1150, 1162, 1170, 1218–1219, 1237, 1243, 1253–1254, 1260, 1273, 1354–1355, 1381, 1408–1409, 1425, 1431–1432, 1451–1456, 1462, 1595–1596, 1716, 1734–1735, 2391
  • U.S. assistance:
    • French requests for, 937–938, 1170, 1177–1178, 1200, 1318, 1371–1373, 1375, 1386–1387, 1390, 1395, 1401, 1402–1403, 1404, 1412, 1469, 1916
    • Question of, 951, 952, 1003, 1143, 1181, 1198–1199, 1201–1202, 1204, 1220–1221, 1222, 1305, 1448
  • U.S. plan for relief of, 1378, 1382, 1400
  • U.S. public opinion, 1366
  • Viet Minh:
    • China, People’s Republic of, reinforcement, 1139, 1143, 1154, 1177, 1524
    • Military strategy, 997, 1008, 1036, 1064, 1128, 1139, 1142
    • Propaganda, 1644–1645, 2022
    • Troops:
      • Casualties, 1124–1125, 1128, 1132, 1143, 1189, 1379, 1408, 1452–1453, 1735
      • Disposition, 939, 965, 1008, 1014, 1036, 1040, 1089, 1119–1120, 1237, 1479, 1516–1518
      • Force levels, 1124, 1132, 1645
      • Morale, 1218
  • Vietnam:
    • Casualties, 1645–1646
    • Morale, effect on, 937, 1170, 1218, 1646, 1716
  • World opinion re loss, 1178, 1395
• Dillon, C. Douglas, 418, 1141n
  • Associated States independence, 567–568, 1574–1575, 1601, 1602, 1604–1605, 1964–1965
  • Bilateral (France–U.S.) discussion of Indochina, 429–435, 483–486, 507–510, 656–667, 1328, 1336–1338, 1361–1362, 1375, 1394–1396
  • Cambodia, situation in, 530
  • Collective defense, 1282–1283, 1291n, 1303n, 1328, 1415–1416, 1525–1526, 1641–1642
  • Dien Bien Phu, 1179n, 1218
  • France:
    • Commander in Chief, appointment of, 567
    • Government, 1536n, 1545–1546, 1720–1721
    • Indochina policy, 529n, 840–842, 1366, 1394, 1801, 1997–1999, 2330
    • Partnership with United States in Indochina, 1522–1525, 1566–1567, 1601–1602, 1628–1630, 1635, 1636–1639, 1670–1672, 2349–2350
    • Prisoners of war, 1953–1954
    • Withdrawal from Indochina, 1601
  • French Union troop reinforcement, 582, 700–701
  • Geneva Conference on Indochina, 1800n, 1814–1816, 1865n, 1871–1872
  • Internationalization of the Indochina conflict, 1604
  • Laos, situation in, 528–529, 544n, 694–695
  • Navarre Plan, 739n, 741, 749, 758–759, 767, 811n, 812–819
  • Negotiated settlement in Indochina, 700, 811n, 1725, 1784–1786, 1813–1814, 1819, 1826
  • Tonkin Delta, French withdrawal, 1776–1778, 1780
  • Tripartite (France–U.K.–U. S.) discussion of Indochina, 505–506, 669–672, 1819, 1826, 2425–2428
  • U.S. assistance to:
    • France in Indochina, 418, 632, 695, 740–741, 1219, 1286n, 1292–1293, 1361–1362, 1421–1422, 1663–1664, 1866n, 2225–2228, 2283–2284
    • Vietnam, question of direct, 1965–1966, 1975
  • U.S. failure to support France in Indochina, consequences of, 1640–1641, 1642, 1672, 1682, 1687–1688
  • U.S. military intervention, question of, 1236–1238, 1248, 1249, 1272–1273, 1375, 1401, 1402, 1436, 1527, 1567–1568, 1579–1580, 1603–1604, 1641, 1682–1684, 1688–1689
  • U.S. training of forces in Vietnam, 1574–1575, 1603, 1605, 1681–1682, 1761–1762, 2426–2427
  • Vietnam:
    • Government, 1581, 1608–1609, 1614–1615, 1616–1618, 1879–1881, 1889n, 1920–1921, 1935–1936, 2025n, 2035n, 2053n, 2056–2057, 2072n, 2141–2142, 2168–2169, 2176–2181, 2237n, 2437–2440
    • Independence, 1214n
    • Refugees, evacuation from north, 1973–1975
    • Return of Bao Dai, 1975–1976
• Dirksen, Everett M., 1266
• Dixon, Sir Pierson, 158, 210, 1630–1633
• Do. See Tran Van Do.
• Dong. See Pham Van Dong.
• Donovan, Gen. William A., 640, 782, 994, 1016, 1555n, 1563, 1798–1799
• Douglas, William O., 249, 553
• Draper, Morris, 1590n, 1692, 1766
• Draper, William H., 483, 505, 507
• Drumright, Everett F., 903n, 912n, 913, 931–933, 935n, 943–944, 1214, 1393n, 1406n, 1500n, 1899–1900, 1977n, 2142n
• Duclos, Jacques, 63, 846
• Dulles, Allen, 496, 517, 519, 547, 780, 891n, 928, 947–948, 953, 961–962, 987, 988, 989, 1003–1006, 1013–1016, 1036–1037, 1094n, 1108, 1109n, 1132–1133, 1134, 1137, 1140, 1163–1164, 1251–1265, 1324, 1431–1432, 1492–1493, 1505–1506, 1548, 1562–1564, 1589, 1661–1662, 1716, 1840, 1868–1869, 1899, 2058–2059, 2157, 2185
• Dulles, John Foster, 981, 1134, 1140, 1186n, 1549, 1562–1564, 1754, 1938n, 1957–1959, 2419–2420, 2329–2330
  • Addresses:
    • Jan. 27, 1953, 360
    • Apr. 18, 1953, 481
    • July 17, 1953, 678n
    • Sept. 2, 1953, 747, 754, 761–762, 782, 785, 790, 847n, 925n, 1158
    • Sept. 17, 1953, 809
    • Mar. 29, 1954, 1145n, 1146n, 1172, 1180, 1181–1182, 1189, 1229, 1233, 1348
    • May 7, 1954, 1496n
  • American Consulate at Hanoi, possible closing, 1899–1900
  • ANZUS discussion of Indochina, 789–791
  • Associated States independence, 550, 661–662, 675–676, 747, 781, 789–790, 796, 809, 844–845, 1173, 1508, 1588, 1594
  • Atomic weapons, possible use, 1467, 1928
  • Berlin Conference discussion of Indochina, 1020–1021, 1057–1058, 1080–1081
  • Bilateral discussion of Indochina:
    • Canada–U.S., 551–552, 2406–2407
    • France–U.S., 377–378, 429–435, 483–486, 507–510, 656–667, 1141–1142, 1142–1144, 1328–1338, 1361–1362, 1375, 1394–1396, 2066–2070, 2103, 2122–2126, 2147, 2264–2267
    • U.K.–U.S, 667–668, 1214–1217, 1307–1309, 1319–1323, 1349–1350, 1362–1363, 1375, 1386–1391, 1751, 1758n, 2164, 2385–2387
    • U.S.–Vietnam, 1384–1385
  • British policy in Indochina, 1584
  • British–U.S. joint intervention in Indochina, question of, 1187, 1188–1189, 1204, 1205, 1215–1216, 1217, 1386–1391, 1414n
  • Cambodia, situation in, 475, 520
  • Cessation or hostilities, 1506–1511
  • China, People’s Republic of:
    • Aggression in Indochina, 420, 433, 434, 556–557, 662–663, 747, 782, 789–790, 796, 832n, 845, 925n, 1251–1253, 1657–1658
    • Role in Indochina, 1283–1284
    • U.S. policy toward, 1180–1181
  • Collective defense:
    • Address, Mar. 29, 1954, 1182
    • Australian position, 1475
    • British position, 1254–1255, 1256, 1319–1320, 1321, 1322–1323, 1349–1350, 1422, 1467–1468, 1474–1475, 1481–1483, 1486, 1584
    • Cambodian position, 1405–1406
    • Conditions for U.S. participation, 1236, 1254, 1279–1280, 1322n, 1335–1336, 1387, 1395, 1468, 1475, 1485, 1514, 1527–1528, 1588–1589, 1659, 1822
    • Efforts to persuade allies, 1187–1188, 1205–1206, 1211, 1215–1218, 1226–1229, 1231–1235, 1255, 1275–1278, 1284–1285, 1472–1473, 1512–1515, 1732–1733
    • Five-Power Staff Agency, 1486–1487, 1496, 1513, 1583
    • French position, 1290–1292, 1335–1336
    • Meeting of Sixteen, 1350, 1351, 1482
    • Regional grouping for, possible, 676, 1167, 1174, 1180, 1238n, 1256–1258, 1259, 1263, 1276, 1330–1332, 1462, 1469–1470, 1476, 1481, 1548–1549, 1588, 1870
    • Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty, 1953, 2279
    • U.S. position, 1308–1309, 1321.1322–1323, 1348, 1399, 1461n, 1583–1585, 1594, 1614, 1689–1690
    • Working Group, establishment of, 1362–1363
  • Collins Mission to Vietnam, 2194–2195, 2198–2199, 2205, 2266
  • Congressional consultations, 428, 535, 1224–1225, 1230
  • Dien Bien Phu, 1143, 1179n, 1202, 1309, 1324, 1374, 1391, 1304–1395
  • France:
    • Commander in Chief, appointment of, 550
    • European Defense Community ratification, 923n, 1021, 1025, 1081, 1167
    • Force regroupment in Indochina, 1529–1530
    • Indochina policy, 377–378, 419, 1025, 1081–1082, 1290–1292, 1335–1339, 1340n, 1375, 1391–1393, 1716, 1795–1796
    • Partnership with United States in Indochina, 1144, 1168, 1516, 1520–1528, 1540–1543, 1589, 2274–2275, 2277–2279, 2304
    • Vietnam, Democratic Republic of, relations with, 1951n, 2305
    • Withdrawal from Indochina, 361–362, 419, 434, 486, 783, 791, 962–963, 1164, 1166, 1205–1206, 1215, 1716, 1717
  • French Expeditionary Corps, 2263, 2275, 2307, 2386
  • French Union, U.S. interest in, 663, 845
  • Geneva Conference on Indochina, 999, 1022–1023, 1053, 1057, 1080–1081, 1133, 1143, 1255, 1280, 1329, 1393, 1433, 1471–1472, 1548–1549, 1564n, 1580n, 1669–1690, 1692–1693, 1731, 1732, 1795–1796, 1798, 1800, 1803, 1807–1810, 1812n, 1822–1826, 1829–1830, 1834, 1835–1836, 1851–1852, 1864–1865, 1869–1871, 2266
  • Geneva Conference on Korea, 1467–1468, 1788
  • International Control Commission, 2406–2407
  • International political conference on Indochina, question of, 664, 665, 670, 709–710
  • Internationalization of the Indochina conflict, 526, 1226, 1469, 1475, 1484, 1594, 1689n, 1690
  • Korean political conference, possible introduction of Indochina at, 709–710, 747–748, 851–852
  • Laos:
    • Independence, 844–845
    • Invasions bv Viet Minh, 490, 512–513, 536, 551–552, 560, 932n, 935–936
  • Letourneau Plan, 4 85–86
  • Multilateral (Associated States–France–U.S.) discussion of Indochina, 674–678
  • Navarre Plan, 662, 666, 750–751, 780–787, 810, 923n, 1148, 1188, 1215
  • Negotiated settlement in Indochina, 663–664, 665, 666–668, 797, 851, 864n, 1015, 1021, 1148, 1214–1215, 1758n, 1766–1768, 1780–1782, 1819–1820, 1826–1831, 1835–1840, 1841–1842, 1843–1846, 1855–1857
  • Press conferences, 560–561, 748, 923n, 932n, 1148, 1614, 1670
  • Southeast Asia, Communist domination, consequences of, 360, 362, 747, 789, 1150, 1173–1174, 1181–1182, 1187, 1188, 1224–1225
  • Soviet objectives in Indochina, 360, 675, 809
  • Statements re Indochina, 536, 840–842, 844–848, 1302–1303
  • Tripartite (France–U.K.–U.S.) discussion of Indochina, 505–506, 669–672, 828, 830–832, 1361–1363, 1391–1393, 1819–1829, 2165–2166, 2281–2285, 2386–2387, 2400–2405, 2424n
  • United Nations:
    • Appeals from:
      • Associated States, 949
      • Cambodia, 1356–1357
      • Laos, 526–527, 535, 552, 560
      • Thailand, 588–590, 613, 640, 703–704, 1631, 1632, 1633, 1658–1659
      • Vietnam, 1709–1710
    • Role in Indochina, 949, 1174, 1180, 1284, 1529, 1692
  • U.S. assistance to:
    • Associated States, question of direct, 1953
    • France in Indochina, 391–392, 416–417, 420, 427–428, 433, 473–474, 481, 483–484, 485–486, 508, 509–510, 512, 513–514, 518, 538n, 542–543, 560, 663, 747, 832, 845, 883, 935–936, 1025, 1148, 1168, 1173, 1264, 1268–1269, 1322, 1361–1362, 1819n, 2066–2070, 2267
    • Thailand, 561
    • Vietnam, question of direct, 2142, 2436–2437
  • U.S. military intervention, question of, 930–910, 951, 952, 1141–1142, 1143–1144, 1150, 1151, 1165–1166, 1210–1211, 1236, 1241–1242, 1347n, 1398–1399, 1404–1405, 1532–1533, 1534–1536, 1576, 1587–1590, 1593, 1614, 1659, 1676n, 1690, 1693, 1710–1713, 1919
  • U.S. recovery of matériel, 1755, 1798n
  • U.S. training of forces:
    • Associated States, 1173, 1188
    • Cambodia, 2068
    • Vietnam, 1144, 1359n, 2270–2271, 2306–2307, 2386, 2420, 2430
  • U.S.–U.K. Joint Study Group on Indochina, 1751, 1805–1806
  • Vietnam:
    • Government, 2007–2010, 2115, 2147, 2164, 2165–2166, 2186–2187, 2193–2194, 2266, 2303–2304, 2385–2387
    • National Army, 2263, 2308
    • Partition, 1468, 1834n
    • Return of Bao Dai, 2305
    • Situation in, 591–592, 1014, 1384–1385, 1689
    • U.S. policy, 2270–2271, 2386
  • Visits to:
    • London, 828, 1287n, 1302–1303, 2062n
    • Paris, 377, 483, 1302–1303, 1327n, 1361n, 1812n, 2147n, 2385n
  • “White Paper” on Indochina, 1898–1899, 1914, 1915–1920, 1976–1977
• Duncan, Adm. Donald B., 361, 496, 987, 1169, 1744–1746, 1963–1964
• Dunn, James Clement, 99n, 103–109, 158, 279n, 364
• Durdin, Tillman, 1149
• Dwan, Lt. Col. John E., 2078
• Eakens, R.H.S., 852
• Eddleman, Maj. Gen. Clyde D., 388, 648, 683
• Eden, Anthony:
  • Address at Columbia Universitv, Jan. 11, 1952, 20, 107n, 163, 164, 211
  • Associated States, situation in, 2113–2114
  • Bao Dai, attitude toward, 831
  • Berlin Conference discussion of Indochina, 1057–1058, 1080
  • Bilateral (U.K.–U.S.) discussion of Indochina, 210–211, 1307–1309, 1362–1363, 1375, 1386–1391, 1751, 1758n, 2164, 2385–2387
  • British military intervention, question of, 1398n, 1401n
  • British–U.S. joint intervention, question of, 1386–1391, 1414n, 1462, 1470
  • China, People’s Republic of, aggression in Indochina, 163, 211, 832
  • Collective defense, 1287, 1307–1309, 1319–1320, 1321–1323, 1349–1350, 1362–1363, 1375, 1433, 1435, 1482, 1486
  • Dien Bien Phu, 1249–1250
  • France:
    • British assistance to, in Indochina, 161, 320
    • Indochina policy, 1202–1203, 1391–1393, 1725
  • Geneva Conference on Indochina, 1022, 1303, 1423, 1432, 1727, 1794–1795, 1797n, 1823–1826, 1829–1830, 1834n
  • Geneva Conference on Korea, 1467–1468
  • Internationalization of the Indochina conflict, 161, 212–213, 325
  • Negotiated settlement in Indochina, 164, 1758n, 1819
  • Tripartite (France–U.K.–U.S.) discussion of Indochina, 157–166, 212–213, 323–325, 828, 830–832, 1391–1393, 1819–1829, 2165–2166, 2284–2285, 2386–2387, 2400–2405, 2424n
  • U.N. role in Indochina, 20n, 163–164, 1630–1631, 1632
  • U.S.–U.K. Joint Study Group on Indochina, 1751
  • Vietnam, situation in, 161, 210, 1827, 2164, 2166, 2385–2387
• Edwards, Col., 189, 197
• Eichholzer, 852–853
• Eisenhower, Dwight D., 706, 739, 1020n, 1026n, 1134, 1564n
  • Addresses:
    • Feb. 2, 1953, 376–378, 434, 540–541
    • Apr. 16, 1953, 472, 505, 541
    • Aug. 4, 1953, 713
  • Associated States:
    • Independence, 431, 547–548, 550, 552, 562, 799, 950, 1150
    • U.S. diplomatic representation, 1578n
  • Atomic weapons, possible use, 1447–1448, 1470
  • Bilateral discussion of Indochina:
    • Canada–U.S., 551–552
    • France–U.S., 429–432, 435–436, 1140–1141
    • U.K.–U.S., 1187n, 1758n
  • British policy in Indochina, 1428, 1584
  • Cessation of hostilities, 1496–1498, 1506–1511
  • China, People’s Republic of, aggression in Indochina, 420, 1657–1658
  • Collective defense, 1166–1167, 1238–1241, 1254–1265, 1302–1303, 1410–1411, 1412–1414, 1419–1421, 1422–1423, 1439–1443, 1447–1448, 1466–1470, 1486–1487, 1495–1498, 1526–1528, 1583, 1648–1649, 1661, 1720n, 1751, 1870, 1953
  • Collins Mission to Vietnam, 2194–2195, 2205–2207
  • Congressional consultations, 1035, 1181, 1230, 1245–1246, 1410–1414, 1430, 1439, 1461–1463, 1528, 1730–1733, 1754–1755
  • Dien Bien Phu, 989–990, 1133, 1163–1164, 1178–1179, 1181, 1201–1202, 1204, 1366–1367, 1383, 1396n, 1410–1412, 1427, 1429, 1448, 1501–1502
  • France:
    • Commander in Chief, appointment of, 518, 548, 550–551, 552, 561
    • Indochina policy, 1381–1383, 1427–1428, 1439, 1667–1669, 1716, 2185
    • Partnership with United States in Indochina, 1413
    • Withdrawal from Indochina, 419, 962–964, 1024–1025
  • Geneva Conference on Indochina, 1107n, 1323n, 1470, 1751, 1788n, 1797, 1798, 1807n, 1812–1813, 1828n, 1830, 1834, 1851–1852, 1861–1865
  • Internationalization of the Indochina conflict, 969, 1055–1056, 1095, 1667
  • Laos, invasion by Viet Minh, 551
  • Letourneau Plan, 435–436, 462
  • Military situation in Indochina, 1017, 1024
  • Navarre Plan, 742, 766, 782, 783, 1032
  • Negotiated settlement in Indochina, 902, 1758n, 1834–1840, 1843–1846
  • O’Daniel assignment to Indochina, 1056–1057
  • President’s Special Committee on Indochina, appointment, 981–982, 988
  • Press conferences, 1034–1035, 1056–1057, 1106, 1130, 1160–1161, 1280–1281, 1429–1430, 1470, 1543n, 1684n, 1864–1865, 1898n
  • Southeast Asia:
    • Communist domination (domino theory), 376–377, 429–430, 519, 551, 1150, 1167–1168, 1261, 1281
    • Strategic importance, 1160, 1280–1281, 1668
  • Tripartite (France–U.K.–U.S.) discussion of Indochina, 901–902
  • U.N. role in Indochina, 948–949, 1426n, 1667, 1792
  • U.S. assistance to:
    • Associated States, 1870, 1953, 2053n, 2114–2115
    • France in Indochina, 420, 426, 428, 431, 432, 435, 513, 542, 548, 713, 718n, 750n, 875, 883, 902, 952, 953–954, 983, 989, 1007, 1024, 1031–1032, 1034–1035, 1720n
    • Vietnam, 2166–2167
  • U.S. military intervention, question of:
    • Conditions for, 1167, 1527–1528, 1532–1533, 1648–1649, 1754–1755
    • Congressional resolution, 1106, 1165–1166, 1210–1211, 1528, 1585, 1648
    • Ground forces, 949, 1023–1024, 1031, 1045, 1165, 1236, 1241–1242, 1253–1254, 1347n, 1430, 1448
    • Unilateral, 952, 1035, 1106, 1150, 1253–1254, 1411, 1419, 1440, 1448–1449, 1469, 1583, 1648, 2167–2168
  • U.S. recovery of matériel in Indochina, 1798n
  • U.S. training of forces, 950, 2155–2158, 2159
  • U.S.–U.K. Joint Study Group on Indochina, 1751, 1860
  • Vietnam, situation in, 1014, 1015, 1032, 1036, 1038–1039, 1173, 1505
  • Visit to Indochina, possible, 283–284
  • “White Paper” on Indochina, 1898n, 1915n, 1976n
• Elbrick, C. Burke, 1187–1189, 1304
• Elliot, Air Chief Marshal Sir William, 90
• Ely, Gen. Paul, 1698, 1791, 2331
  • Appointment as Commissioner General and Commander in Chief, 1666n
  • Bao Dai, attitude toward, 1138
  • Bilateral (France–U.S.) discussion of Indochina, 1137–1145, 1675–1678, 2061n, 2082–2083, 2086–2087, 2095, 2099–2100, 2117, 2150
  • Cambodia, situation in, 1968
  • Cessation of hostilities, 1790
  • Collective defense, 1159, 1170, 1949
  • Collins Mission to Vietnam, 2203–2204, 2232
  • Dien Bien Phu, 1138, 1139–1140, 1142–1143, 1159, 1170, 1172, 1361, 1371, 1402, 1432, 1435–1436
  • Five-power military discussion of Indochina, 1641–1642, 1643–1644
  • France:
    • Partnership with United States in Vietnam, 1903–1904, 2254, 2260, 2280, 2306, 2340–2341, 2344–2345, 2355–2356, 2362, 2364, 2366–2369, 2370, 2412, 2418, 2420, 2423–2425, 2426–2427, 2429, 2430, 2435, 2440–2441
    • Position in Indochina, 721–722, 1137–1138, 1159, 1863, 1931–1932, 1948–1949, 1981
    • Training of forces, 1931
    • Vietnam, Democratic Republic of, mission to, 1981–1982, 2354
    • Withdrawal from Indochina, 722
  • French Expeditionary Corps, 1138, 1627, 2111–2112, 2127, 2254, 2261–2262, 2319, 2372, 2399
  • French Union troops, 1352, 1397, 1599, 1623, 1627, 1778, 1790, 1818, 1877–1878, 1904, 2267
  • Geneva Conference on Indochina, 1144, 1170, 1863
  • Negotiated settlement in Indochina, 1170, 1725, 1762, 1769, 1817, 1855, 2184–2185, 2267–2268
  • Tripartite (France–U.K.–U. S.) discussion of Indochina, 2400–2405, 2406
  • Unconventional warfare activities, 1140, 1172–1173
  • U.S. assistance to:
    • France in Indochina, 1140, 1145, 1151, 1158–1159, 1168, 1169–1170, 1247–1248, 1296–1298, 1303–1304, 1317–1319, 1371–1372, 1396–1397, 1402, 1435, 1473, 1483, 1915
    • Vietnam, question of direct, 1982, 2175
  • U.S. MAAG personnel, 1041–1042, 1062, 2262, 2281
  • U.S. military intervention, question of, 1134, 1141, 1143–1144, 1160, 1170, 1675–1678, 1735, 1791
  • U.S. training of forces:
    • Cambodia, 1582
    • Vietnam, 1145, 1151, 1159, 1169–1170, 1582–1583, 1600–1601, 1622, 1646–1647, 1674–1675, 1738, 1752, 1761–1762, 1779, 1791, 1869, 1890, 1982, 2108, 2234, 2255, 2259–2261, 2281, 2320, 2362, 2364, 2366–2369, 2440
  • Vietnam:
    • Government, 1932–1933, 1983, 1989–1990, 1995n, 1996, 2004–2005, 2023–2024, 2025, 2026n, 2027–2028, 2033, 2035, 2037, 2045, 2047, 2053n, 2086–2087, 2109, 2111–2112, 2118–2119, 2120, 2127, 2131, 2135–2138, 2145n, 2150, 2169–2171, 2186–2187, 2281–2283, 2375–2377, 2396, 2401
    • Independence, 1138–1139
    • Military situation, 1599, 1621–1624, 1636–1639, 1696–1698, 1729, 1776–1777, 1778, 1790, 1817, 1818, 1864, 1877–1878, 1950
    • National Army, 1877, 2233, 2254, 2280, 2321, 2367–2368
    • National elections, 2256–2257
    • O’Daniel plan for continuing war, 1622
    • Pacification program, 1139
    • Partition, 1846, 2267
    • Political situation, 1138, 1170, 1948, 1949–1950, 1982–1983
    • Refugees, 1872
  • Vietnamese attitude toward, 2207
  • Visits to:
    • Indochina, 722, 1012, 1143, 1566, 1570
    • Washington, 1026, 1042, 1044, 1049, 1051, 1106–1107, 1118, 1119, 1133–1134
• Erskine, Gen. Graves B., 982, 1004–1005, 1038, 1041, 1109n, 1148, 1257n
• European Defense Community, 158, 159, 165, 278, 319, 377, 400–402, 405, 419, 582, 646–647, 660, 715, 719, 754, 758–759, 767, 768, 792, 797, 900, 902, 922–923, 1013, 1021, 1025, 1073, 1081, 1106, 1151, 1167, 1192, 1278, 1352, 1353, 1368, 1374, 1375, 1437, 1549, 1819n, 1822, 1836, 1993
• Everest, Lt. Gen. Frank F., 609, 648, 683, 751, 971, 1117, 1169
• Everett, Paul, 1734
• Falaize, Pierre-Louis, 656, 669, 674
• Faure, Edgar, 67n, 130, 275, 567, 579, 673, 941, 1199, 2061n, 2082, 2095–2096, 2097–2098, 2117, 2134, 2216, 2387–2390
• Fay, Gen., 1027, 1043–1044, 1047, 1124, 1525, 1553
• Fechteler, Adm. William M., 141–144, 361, 496, 500, 648, 650, 683
• Ferguson, Homer, 1410n, 1461n, 1471, 1803
• Ferguson, John H., 82n, 382
• Fergusson, Col. Robert, 413n
• Fife, Vice Adm. James, 496
• Fippin, William H., 2318
• Fishel, Dr. Wesley R., 2006, 2014, 2015, 2033, 2038, 2043, 2054, 2061, 2075, 2106, 2118, 2127, 2138, 2196, 2352, 2363, 2377, 2396
• Fisher, William D., 540n, 736n, 1578n, 1684n, 1780n, 2122, 2149n
• FitzGerald, Dennis A., 2066, 2078
• Flanders, Ralph E., 1351
• Flemming, Arthur S., 517, 1263, 1326, 1441, 1490
• Foreign Operations Administration, U.S., 739n, 750, 751, 777, 852–853, 1016, 1048, 1082, 1114, 1115, 1127n, 1136, 1922, 2066, 2078, 2154, 2374–2375, 2432–2433
• Formosa. See China, Republic of.
• Foster, William C, 141–144, 250n, 269
• Fox, Maj. Gen. Alonzo P., 361, 1117, 1169
• France (see also French Expeditionary Corps; French Union; U.S. assistance to France in Indochina; and French subheadings under other subjects):
  • Achievements in Indochina, publicizing of, 152, 176, 198–199, 206–207, 428, 430, 431
  • Air Force personnel, need for, 225–226, 297, 316, 326–327, 343–344, 384, 570–577, 581–582, 591, 617–618, 629, 686, 688, 943, 970, 1111, 1219
  • Army High Command defeatism, 1027, 1043–1044, 1047, 1124
  • Army officer losses in Indochina, 291, 956, 1027, 1043
  • British assistance in Indochina, 67–68
  • Commander in Chief in Indochina, appointment of, 331, 411, 499, 500, 501, 503n, 509, 518, 522, 531–532, 548, 550–551, 552, 561, 567, 581
  • Conscripts in Indochina, 44, 327, 329, 335, 349–350, 365, 478, 502, 659, 672, 681, 1624n, 1637, 1767, 1779, 1787, 1791, 1801, 1813
  • Council of the Republic discussion of Indochina, 862–864
  • Defense of Indochina, continued commitment, 118, 120, 122–123, 125–126, 128, 153, 317, 349, 546, 673–674
  • European defense commitments, 5, 7, 39, 54, 71, 75–77, 85, 93, 119, 158–159, 162, 181, 192, 244, 248–249, 297, 350, 400–402, 427–428, 580, 595, 632, 644, 673, 717, 741, 887n, 894
    • European Defense Community, 158, 159, 165, 319, 400–401, 402, 405, 582, 646–647, 715, 719, 754, 758–759, 767, 792, 922–923, 1013, 1021, 1025, 1073, 1081, 1192, 1278, 1352, 1353, 1368, 1374, 1375, 1437, 1549, 1819n, 1822, 1836, 1993
    • NATO, 31, 33, 57, 62, 87, 112, 116, 123, 156n, 180, 203, 246, 279n, 305, 319, 327, 329, 342, 371, 373, 478, 502, 581–582, 628–629, 655, 693, 696, 715, 732, 734, 735, 741, 768, 769, 774–775, 783, 788, 792, 1663, 1660–1670, 2095
  • Faure government, 67n
  • Financial burden of war in Indochina, 7–8, 27, 33–34, 54, 71, 75–77, 78, 108–109, 119, 122, 127, 129, 203n, 238, 278–279, 283, 332, 359, 370–371, 404, 414, 427, 509, 580, 599, 644, 659–660, 693, 694, 699–700, 714–715, 885, 1138, 2095
  • Foreign Legion, recruitment of Germans, 1005, 1028, 1112–1113
  • Korean battalion, transfer to Indochina, 704, 719, 720–721, 757, 775
  • Laniel government, 622n, 652, 701–702, 713, 717, 840–842, 847–848, 914, 945–946, 1080–1081, 1106, 1149–1150, 1153, 1162, 1549–1550
  • Laos, invasions by Viet Minh, position on, 471, 484, 485, 559n, 931n, 933, 934
  • Mayer government, 331n, 581n
  • Mendès-France government, 1721n, 1753, 2427–2428, 2435
  • Military budget, 4–8, 39, 57, 70–71, 75–77, 78–79, 107–108, 122, 127, 129, 158, 165, 235, 246, 255, 272, 275, 283, 300–301, 321, 328, 330–331, 370–371, 414, 442, 702–703, 716, 740
  • Military effort in Indochina, U.S. disillusionment with, 1017–1018, 1025, 1027–1028, 1030, 1038, 1042, 1043, 1045, 1046–1047, 1049, 1081–1082, 1084
  • National Assembly, 1299–1300, 1502–1503, 1523, 2427, 2430, 2439
    • Consideration of Indochina policy, 108, 165–166, 531, 581, 833–834, 837–838, 1065, 1068, 1072–1073, 1801
    • Indochina debates, 4–8, 103–109, 268, 328, 330–331, 562, 832n, 840, 845–847, 848n, 851, 853–855, 863, 864, 887n, 1072–1073, 1097–1099, 1103–1105, 1299–1300, 1550n, 1685n, 1871n
    • Ordres du jour, 853n–854n, 1103n, 1155, 1213
    • Subcommittee on Defense, mission report, 20, 21, 35–36, 38, 44, 61, 70, 71, 104, 106
    • Votes of confidence, 20n, 1550n, 2439n
  • Objectives in Indochina, 7, 195, 1909, 2192, 2295–2296
  • Partnership with United States in Indochina (see also French–U.S. joint efforts to strengthen under Vietnam), 2370–2371
    • British participation, 2192
    • Collins Mission to Vietnam, 2280, 2318–2319, 2320
    • Coordination, need for, 2187, 2194, 2196–2197, 2221–2222, 2227, 2256, 2274–2275, 2277–2279, 2333
    • Divergence of views, 2246–2250, 2261–2662, 2267–2268, 2330–2335, 2363
    • Education and technical training, 2344–2345
    • Financial assistance to Indochina, coordination of, 1896–1898, 1903, 1998, 2013, 2082, 2097, 2176–2181, 2192, 2236, 2274–2275, 2277–2279, 2280, 2370
    • Importance of, 2180
    • Land reform program in Vietnam, 2341
    • Military liaison (see also French–U.S. liaison under Navarre Plan), 335, 365, 499, 565–566, 626, 685, 719, 755–756, 880, 950, 953, 955, 977, 1003–1005, 1006, 1022, 1032–1033, 1042–1043, 1051–1052, 1062–1063, 1112, 1113–1114, 1121, 1129–1130, 1141–1142, 1143–1144, 1160, 1168, 1222, 2278
    • Possible creation of, 1144, 1516, 1520–1521, 1524–1525, 1529–1530, 1537, 1540–1543, 1545–1547, 1550, 1565–1566, 1589, 1915
    • Prior consultation, issue of, 2410n, 2421, 2433n
    • Refugee program in Vietnam, 2340
    • Training of forces (see U.S. training of forces)
    • Unconventional warfare activities, 626, 755–756, 969, 986, 988–989, 994–995, 1006, 1025–1026, 1029, 1048, 1052, 1082, 1110, 1115, 1118, 1140, 1172–1173
    • Unilateral action within, possibility of, 2304, 2357, 2360
  • Pinay government, 67n, 69, 70, 331, 332
  • Pleven government, 20n
  • Political difficulties over Indochina policy, 840–842, 847–848, 1080–1081, 1149–1150, 1153, 1162, 1468–1469, 1484, 1523, 1536n, 1542, 1545–1546, 1547, 1549
  • Psychological warfare program in Indochina, 259, 260
  • Sale of U.S. aircraft to India, 1294
  • U.N. role in Indochina, 4, 6, 8–9, 1718, 106, 469, 470–472, 491, 505–506, 507, 512, 527, 528–529, 530, 535, 538–539, 544n, 670, 695
  • Withdrawal from Indochina, 5, 16, 56–57, 69–70, 74, 75–77, 153, 397–398, 439, 643, 670, 712, 722, 791, 902, 1037, 1086–1087, 1189–1190, 1362, 1384–1385, 1566, 1601, 1628n, 2335–2336, 2371–2372
    • Associated States position, 10
    • British position, 66–69, 71–74, 77–82, 146, 1216
    • Civilians, fate of, 15, 57, 73, 85, 164–165, 181, 211, 623, 915–916, 951, 987–988, 1368–1369, 1386n, 1393–1394, 1499, 2335
    • French Union, effect on, 8, 57, 70, 85, 95, 238
    • Indian position, 220
    • National Assembly opinion, 20, 35–36, 60–61, 70, 71, 95, 100, 104–106, 122, 275, 295, 300–301, 310–311, 318, 331, 332, 350, 523, 532, 610, 632, 681, 841, 940–941, 1000, 1189
    • Public opinion, 10, 20–21, 25, 27, 37, 43, 52–53, 57, 68, 70–71, 85, 92, 93, 100, 122, 165, 192, 266, 272–273, 278, 279–280, 295–290, 310–311, 332, 350, 373, 509, 527, 579–580, 581, 589, 590, 599, 618, 643, 644–645, 656, 673, 681, 694, 714, 789, 797, 940, 941, 955, 969, 1021, 1096, 1138, 1189, 1215, 1352, 1564
    • Thai position, 589, 639–640
    • U.N. role in the event of, possible, 1175, 1176
    • U.S. courses of action in the event of, 31–32, 61–62, 86–89, 114–129, 141–144, 278–279, 419–420, 537–538, 615–616, 640–641, 647–648, 717, 730, 912, 963–964, 1164, 1184–1187, 1205–1206, 1393–1394
    • U.S. position, 4, 7–8, 12, 20–21, 31, 54, 60, 67, 69–71, 73–74, 78, 79, 80–81, 85, 95–96, 181, 186, 307, 333–336, 349–351, 361–362, 484, 486, 499, 502–503, 534, 593, 603, 692, 717, 730, 754, 756–757, 763, 945–946, 962, 974–975, 1110, 1151, 1180, 1188, 1390, 1418, 1498–1499, 1677–1678, 2090–2091, 2185, 2199, 2205, 2215–2216, 2224–2228
    • Vietnamese position, 61, 131, 558, 590, 612–613, 620, 836, 859, 1077, 1206, 1923, 2199, 2242
• Franchi, Gen., 1061, 1520
• Franks, Sir Oliver, 71, 77–80, 90–91
• Frédéric-Dupont, Edouard, 35, 1097, 1718, 2190–2191, 2303
• French Expeditionary Corps:
  • Dien Bien Phu, action at, 1391
  • Force levels, 2082, 2233–2234, 2255, 2293–2294, 2307, 2372
  • Morale, 105, 893, 1660, 2307
  • Regrouping of, 1524, 1627, 1736, 1766, 1801, 1842
  • Role of, 1854, 1975, 2087, 2215, 2221, 2289–2290
  • Security of, 1801, 1877, 2187
  • U.S. support, question of, 1882, 1891, 1982, 1992, 1997–1998, 2003–2004, 2064–2065, 2066, 2095–2096, 2098, 2107, 2134, 2156, 2175, 2181, 2215–2216, 2222, 2224–2225, 2228, 2235, 2249, 2251, 2261–2262, 2263, 2275, 2284, 2319, 2332–2333, 2336n, 2375, 2382, 2386, 2388, 2389–2390
  • Viet Minh invasion, inability to stop, 2297
  • Vietnamese position, 1880, 2073–2074, 2100, 2111, 2273
  • Withdrawal from Indochina, possible, 221, 226–227, 328, 334, 372, 754, 1956, 2079, 2111–2112, 2216, 2224–2225, 2227, 2254, 2332, 2335–2336
• French Union (see also under Associated States; Cambodia; Laos; Vietnam), 4, 6–8, 23, 36–37, 57, 70, 85, 95, 138, 181, 238, 599, 653n, 660, 663, 672, 673, 679, 831, 840–842, 844, 864, 899, 902, 978, 1335, 1336n, 1567, 1574, 1604–1605, 1775
  • Air Force, 1324, 1327–1328, 1341, 1480n, 1518
  • Troops (see also Dien Bien Phu; Military operations in Indochina; Tonkin Delta):
    • Casualties, 40, 42, 56, 135, 191, 206, 303, 319–320, 367, 648, 714, 881, 882, 901, 956, 1001, 1010, 1065, 1252, 1379, 1553, 1735, 1769–1770, 1779–1780
    • Disposition, 245, 270, 421–422, 1011, 1047, 1524, 1529–1530, 1622n, 1623, 1715, 1717, 1729
    • Force levels, 170, 172, 244–245, 264, 319–320, 366, 373, 421–422, 595, 605, 801, 1030, 1047, 1333, 1354, 1379–1380, 1381, 1389, 1403, 1456, 1599, 1624–1625, 1638, 1660, 1699, 1715, 1790, 2215, 2267
    • Morale, 26, 40–41, 105, 143, 312, 356, 595, 690, 838, 915, 930, 970, 1086–1087, 1092, 1255, 1327, 1333, 1700, 1735, 1790
    • Organization, 466–467, 473, 801, 1262, 1341, 1348n
    • Prisoners of war, 222–223, 1949–1950, 1953–1954, 2022
    • Reduction, 82, 95, 123–124, 233–234, 291, 317, 327, 333, 334, 349, 611, 693, 696, 728, 729, 735, 754–755, 894
    • Reinforcements in Indochina (see also French Union troop reinforcement under Navarre Plan), 108–109, 297, 305, 316, 327, 329, 334–335, 342–343, 350, 365, 369, 371–372, 425, 478, 516, 522, 576–577, 591, 617, 901, 955–956, 957, 1028, 1047, 1219, 1599, 1627, 1637, 1663–1664, 1699, 1790
    • Vietnamese command, transfer to, 11, 277, 291, 327, 342, 572, 598n, 1766, 1877
    • Vietnamese troop desertions from, 1794, 1818, 1851
• French-Vietnamese High Military Committee meeting at Dalat, Feb. 24, 1953, 395, 404, 415, 432, 433, 460, 598, 909
• Froment-Meurice, 1559, 2235
• Gaillard, Felix, 157
• Galloway, William J., 791n, 1157, 1189, 1692, 2122, 2124, 2258n
• Gambiez, Gen., 722, 996, 1026, 1074, 1135, 1136, 1177–1178, 1457
• Garcia, Carlos, 1799
• Gardet, Gen., 820–821
• Gardner, Vice Adm. M. B., 648, 683, 751, 1117, 1169, 1747
• Gates, Thomas S., Jr., 1611–1614
• Gautier, Georges, 18–19, 25, 63–65, 72, 74, 208–210, 288, 329–330, 407, 491, 511, 578n, 607, 614, 621–622
• Geneva Conference on Indochina (see also Cessation of hostilities; Negotiated settlement in Indochina; and Geneva Conference subheadings under other subjects):
  • Agenda, 1326, 1329, 1712, 1731
  • Agreements, 1859–1861
    • British position, 2247n
    • Cambodian position, 1886–1887, 2094
    • French position, 1863–1864, 1865n, 1871, 1877, 2177, 2184, 2187, 2247
    • International Control Commission, 1874–1876, 1960–1961, 1988, 1993, 2093–2095, 2128n, 2132, 2135, 2139, 2140–2141, 2209, 2220, 2258n, 2276–2277, 2308, 2322–2325, 2329, 2345n, 2369, 2374, 2398, 2404, 2406–2407, 2418
    • Laotian position, 2017, 2139
    • Provisions of, 1868, 1891, 1908, 1972, 2079, 2090, 2093–2094, 2243, 2369–2370, 2386, 2431
    • Results of, 1905–1907
    • U.S. position, 1864–1865, 1868–1871, 2266, 2369
    • Vietnam, Democratic Republic of, position, 2149
    • Vietnamese position, 1861–1862, 1872, 1934
    • Violations of, 2121, 2184, 2247n, 2259, 2276–2277, 2286–2287, 2294, 2308n, 2311, 2337, 2359, 2404–2405, 2406, 2407–2408, 2424–2425
  • Allied position, 1226, 1231, 1349–1350, 1393, 1796, 1808
  • Berlin Conference Final Communiqué, 1057–1058, 1069–1070, 1080–1081, 1735
  • British position, 1311–1314, 1319–1320, 1321–1323, 1325, 1376, 1432–1433, 1458, 1468, 1731, 1794
  • Cambodian position, 1673, 1792–1793, 1800, 1859
  • Cambodian-Viet Minh military discussions at, 1792–1793
  • Chairmanship question, 1306–1307
  • China, People’s Republic of, position, 1330, 1332, 1370, 1468, 1523, 1687, 1732
  • Failure, consequences of, 1104, 1105, 1100, 1295n, 1502–1503, 1512, 1638, 1648, 1813, 1815, 1851–1852, 1853n
  • French position, 1025, 1073, 1092, 1097–1099, 1103–1105, 1122–1123, 1294–1295, 1299, 1333–1334, 1352, 1358, 1371, 1376, 1432–1433, 1487–1488, 1502–1503, 1511–1512, 1571, 1580, 1683
  • French public opinion, 1282–1283, 1295
  • French-Viet Minh negotiations at, 1769, 1817, 2184–2185
  • Laotian position, 1662–1663, 1764
  • Military situation, effect of, 1052, 1053, 1081, 1090, 1120, 1128, 1133, 1139, 1140, 1142, 1276, 1324, 1329, 1379, 1427n, 1472, 1517, 1731, 1735
  • Negotiated settlement, impossibility of at, 1039, 1073, 1226, 1229, 1231, 1239, 1275n, 1281
  • Participation question, 748, 1057, 1081, 1280, 1339
    • Associated States, 999–1000, 1039, 1070, 1081, 1194–1195, 1353, 1742–1743
    • Australia, 1205
    • China, People’s Republic of, 1057, 1098–1090, 1106, 1107n, 1180–1181, 1191n, 1192, 1199, 1203, 1205
    • France, 998–999, 1171
    • India, 1057
    • United States, 999, 1057
    • Viet Minh, 990–1000, 1081, 1085n, 1126, 1353
    • Vietnam, 1192, 1385, 1425
  • Proposals for convening:
    • Soviet, 997, 998–999, 1022, 1057
    • Tripartite (France–U.K.–U.S.), 1022–1023
  • Resumption of talks at Foreign Minister level:
    • British position, 1794–1795, 1797n
    • French position, 1786, 1796, 1800, 1802–1803, 1814–1816, 1828, 1829–1830, 1832–1833
    • U.S. position, 1788, 1795–1796, 1797, 1798, 1800, 1803, 1807–1810, 1812–1813, 1822–1826, 1828, 1829–1830, 1834, 1835–1836, 1837–1838
  • Soviet position, 1412, 1687
  • U.S. position, 1025, 1046, 1057, 1096, 1098–1099, 1106, 1107n, 1180–1181, 1191–1192, 1199, 1203, 1205, 1255, 1276, 1302–1303, 1308n, 1311–1315, 1321–1322, 1325, 1329–1330, 1339, 1361–1362, 1363, 1376, 1432–1433, 1488, 1662, 1741–1743, 1748, 1781, 1784–1785, 1788, 1795, 1804, 1805–1807, 1860–1861, 1864–1865
  • Viet Minh position, 1328, 1376, 1502–1503, 1541, 1549, 1589, 1775, 2191
  • Vietnamese position, 1069–1070, 1077, 1100–1102, 1126–1127, 1131, 1153, 1155–1156, 1191–1192, 1213–1214, 1341–1342, 1424–1425, 1585n
• Geneva Conference on Korea (see also Korea, settlement in, etc.) and Korean political conference under Negotiated settlement), 1022, 1467–1468, 1483, 1730–1731
• Gentry, Gen. W. G., 790–791
• George, Walter F., 806, 939–940, 1471, 1803
• Gerhart, Maj. Gen. John K., 361, 496, 648, 683, 751, 1117
• Germany, Federal Republic of, 76, 165, 246, 400–402, 599, 754, 923
• Getz, John I., 198, 337n, 488, 626n, 637, 757n, 852, 935n
• Giai. See Pham Xuan Giai.
• Giap. See Vo Nguyen Giap.
• Gibson, William M., 90, 124n, 183n, 190, 198, 231n, 250n, 824–826, 1328, 1635, 2214, 2330–2334
• Gifford, Walter S., 1, 158, 210
• Gillette, Guy M., 1074
• Gilpatric, Roswell L., 117–118, 125–127, 141
• Giovoni, 846, 1097
• Glazebrook, 2258n
• Gleason, S. Everett, 426n, 496, 516n, 546n, 648, 683, 752, 780n, 929n, 947n, 961n, 986n, 1013n, 1035n, 1054n, 1079n, 1093n, 1107n, 1117, 1132n, 1163n, 1169, 1200n, 1250n, 1323n, 1431n, 1481n, 1505n, 1547n, 1586n, 1660n, 1713n, 1834n, 1867n, 2153n, 2183n
• Glendinning, C. Dillon, 440, 442, 444, 2387
• Glenn, Edmund S., 656
• Godel, William H., 1006, 1041
• Godley, G. McMurtrle, 1328
• Goodman, Herbert I., 1644, 1673, 1792, 1799, 1858–1859, 1886–1888, 1960–1961, 1988
• Goodpaster, Col. Andrew J., 2194, 2198–2199, 2205
• Goodyear, John, 117, 1169
• Gordon, David L., 190, 198
• Gordon, Lincoln, 185, 198, 202
• Gordon, Thomas S., 1471
• Gore-Booth, P. H., 669
• Graves, Sir Hubert, 221–222, 1751–1752, 1784n, 2164, 2385–2386
• Green, Theodore Francis, 1471
• Gregory, Gene, 553
• Griffin, R. Allen, 16–18
• Gruenther, Gen. Alfred M., 241n, 255, 283–284, 967, 986, 989, 994, 995, 1375, 1476, 1621, 2195
• Guillain, Robert, 1149–1150, 1162, 2323
• Guillaume, General of the Army Augustin, 499, 500, 518, 522, 548, 550, 561, 1612, 1880
• Gullion, Edmund A., 109–110, 215–219, 271n, 496, 553, 640n, 644n, 648, 654n, 714n, 767n, 931n, 1156n, 1500–1501, 1692, 1741n, 1748n, 1766, 1769–1770
• Gunewardene, R. S. S., 1344n
• Ha Van Lau, 2398
• Hagerty, James C, 1134, 1173, 1204, 1250n, 1347, 1410–1412, 1429–1430, 1797, 1798, 1812–1813, 1834n, 1852n, 1856–1857, 1865
• Haksai, S. N., 1315–1317
• Halaby, N. E., 493
• Hall, Richard L., 961
• Halleck, Charles A., 1410n, 1414, 1471
• Hammarskjold, Dag, 1633–1634, 1658–1659
• Han, Philip, 1012
• Harding, Gen. Sir John, 325, 1389, 1642, 1715
• Harriman, W. Averell, 75
• Harrington, Julian F., 2200
• Harris, Col. Lee V., 260
• Harvey, Sir Oliver, 157, 505
• Hayes, Samuel P., Jr., 440, 442–449, 604
• Hayter, William, 158
• Hazlett, Capt. E. E., 2167–2168
• Heath, Donald R., 267, 760, 1049, 2332
  • Associated States, situation in, 99n, 286, 399, 403, 647, 680, 958–959, 979, 1030, 1881–1883
  • Bao Dai, attitude toward, 22, 23, 24, 26–27, 98, 136, 227–230, 276–277, 284–286, 341, 359, 376, 381–382, 992, 1030–1031, 1086, 1092n, 1155, 1460, 1577n, 1946n
  • Bilateral discussion of Indochina:
    • France–U.S., 189–195, 197–202, 203–204, 429–432, 437–449, 2174–2176
    • U.S.–Vietnam, 1384
  • Cambodia, situation in, 25, 284–285, 347–348, 475–477, 488–490, 520, 524–525, 697–699, 705–706, 799–800, 802–806, 916–917, 1878–1879
  • Cessation of hostilities, 612n, 893, 1154
  • China, People’s Republic of, aggression in Indochina, 3, 23, 99, 405–406, 992, 1028–1029, 1087
  • Collective defense, 2, 1405
  • Collins Mission to Vietnam, 2202–2204, 2391–2392
  • Dien Bien Phu, 1179n, 1840–1841
  • France:
    • Army High Command defeatism, 1044, 1047
    • Commander in Chief, appointment of, 411, 499, 500, 522, 1048
    • Indochina policy, 23, 101–103, 137–141, 249, 286, 375, 403–404, 502, 523–524, 1030, 1046–1047, 1049, 1084, 1348n, 1352, 2334–2335
    • Vietnam, Democratic Republic of, relations with, 529, 1994–1995
    • Withdrawal from Indochina, 327, 397, 499, 523, 2224–2225
  • French Union troop reinforcement, 522, 696, 1028–1029, 1047
  • Geneva Conference on Indochina, 1759–1761, 1863–1864, 1891
  • Internationalization of the Indochina conflict, 2–3, 9, 12, 13, 73, 74
  • Laos, situation in, 299–300, 415, 468, 470, 506, 521, 524, 1061, 2017–2018
  • Letourneau Plan, 437n, 449–451, 462, 464, 497, 521–522
  • Military situation in Indochina, 39, 40–42, 46n, 99, 110, 221–222, 225–227, 276, 322, 325–327, 372, 738, 1028–1029, 1030, 1067, 1084, 1877–1878
  • Navarre Plan, 626, 647–648, 758n, 893, 1027, 1047, 1087, 1124
  • Negotiated settlement in Indochina, 72–74, 405, 842n, 896–897, 899, 992, 1027–1028, 1816–1818, 1842–1843, 1847, 1853–1855
  • Nixon visit to Vietnam, 857–859
  • O’Daniel appointment as Chief of MAAG, 1022, 1076–1077, 1120–1121
  • Replacement as Ambassador, 982, 1016–1017, 1039, 2059, 2198, 2200, 2203, 2210, 2250n
  • Unconventional warfare activities, 1029, 1048
  • U.S. military intervention, question of, 3, 25, 1028, 1047–1048
  • U.S. assistance to:
    • Associated States, 629, 839n, 1891–1892, 1966–1972, 1982, 2174–2176
    • Cambodia, 957–959
    • France in Indochina, 1, 3, 25, 73–74, 157, 226–227, 231n, 240–241, 250n, 308, 359–360, 386–388, 389–390, 489–490, 522, 629, 647–648, 919n, 967n, 991, 1137
    • Vietnam, 359–360, 392–394, 448, 839n, 1048, 1892–1893, 1900–1903, 2166n
  • U.S. training of forces in Vietnam, 1359n, 1847, 1889–1890
  • Vietnam:
    • Elections, 355n–356n, 375, 612n, 1031, 2191, 2221
    • French Union membership, 828–830, 834–835
    • Government, 22, 131–137, 167, 219, 224, 251, 280–282, 286, 341, 359–360, 523, 850, 862, 979–981, 992, 1031, 1048–1049, 1087–1088, 1193, 1460, 1727–1728, 1872–1874, 1885–1886, 1890–1891, 1894–1898, 1923, 1932–1933, 1939–1941, 1945–1948, 1983, 1984–1987, 1988–1991, 1995–1996, 1999–2003, 2004–2005, 2006, 2018–2020, 2021n, 2023–2025, 2026, 2027–2028, 2030–2033, 2035–2036, 2048–2052, 2053n, 2054–2055, 2059–2061, 2072n, 2081n, 2092–2093, 2103–2105, 2115–2117, 2118–2120, 2126–2127, 2128–2130, 2135–2138, 2142n, 2145–2146, 2148n, 2151–2153, 2188–2190, 2218–2220, 2221–2224, 2229–2230, 2314n, 2327, 2394n
    • Independence, 328–329, 711, 849, 1077
    • National Army, 73, 224–225, 281, 285, 327, 359, 409, 1028, 1029
    • National Assembly, 286–287
    • National Congress, 828–830, 834–835
    • Pacification program, 410, 523
    • Partition, 1846
    • Refugees, evacuation from north, 1068–1060, 1921–1922, 1951–1952, 1974
    • Situation in, 63–64, 1030–1031, 1341–1342, 1384–1385
• Heeney, Arnold D. P., 1275–1278, 1307, 1874–1876
• Hellyer, George M., 1048, 1082, 1734, 2021
• Hemmendinger, Noel, 1012–1013
• Hendrick, James P., 380, 604–608
• Hensel, H. Struve, 1622n, 1744, 1745, 1746, 1942–1943, 2284n, 2308, 2309–2311, 2375
• Herriot, Edouard, 838, 845, 854
• Hewitt, Brig. Gen. Albert G., 314–315
• Hickenlooper, Bourke B., 1803
• Hickerson, John D., 524n, 555n, 568n, 588
• Hinh. See Nguyen Van Hinh.
• Ho Chi Minh (see also Viet Minh; Vietnam, Democratic Republic of; and under Cessation of hostilities, Negotiated settlement in Indochina), 49, 63, 77, 78–79, 95, 100, 126, 133, 134–135, 191, 205, 260, 375, 453–454, 528, 534, 553–554, 573, 607, 611, 643, 891n, 897, 921n, 999–1000, 1036–1037, 1081, 1084–1085, 1126, 1155–1156, 1290, 1305, 1306, 1332, 1407–1408, 1479, 1572, 1712, 1720, 1791, 1906, 2057, 2071, 2079, 2132, 2148, 2172, 2259, 2323, 2327, 2364, 2377, 2380, 2394, 2422, 2429
• Ho Quan Phuoc, 1952, 1961
• Ho Thong Minh, 2055, 2131, 2137, 2240n, 2245, 2272, 2281–2282, 2301–2302, 2316, 2342, 2363, 2375–2378, 2380, 2397, 2416–2417, 2423
• Hoa Hao (see also sect subheadings under Vietnam; Vietnamese National Army), 46, 66, 444, 980, 1071, 1154, 1193, 1207, 1450, 1724, 1761, 1817, 1843, 1873, 1890, 1923, 1932, 1945, 2019, 2093, 2145, 2170, 2173, 2219, 2251, 2289, 2293, 2334, 2372
• Hoang Co Binh, 1850–1851, 1862
• Hoey, Robert E., 81n, 190, 198, 271n, 382, 413–414, 440, 457n, 468, 488, 568n, 591n, 618n, 637–638, 674, 844n, 886n, 1011n, 1018n, 1136n, 1285n, 1338, 1606n, 1752n, 1805–1807, 2026n, 2034n, 2066, 2078, 2082n, 2098n, 2100n, 2101n, 2109n, 2122, 2237n, 2303n, 2314n, 2345n, 2356n, 2393n, 2409n, 2418n, 2430, 2435n
• Hong Kong, 238–239, 1410, 1412, 1428
• Hood, Viscount Samuel, 210
• Hoover, Herbert, Jr., 2066, 2069, 2078, 2154–2158, 2184–2185, 2198, 2322n
• Hoppenot, Henri, 476, 1630–1631, 1633
• Horsey, Outerbridge, 1204n
• Houang, Lt. Col., 2343
• Howard, Roy W., 1204
• Howe, Fisher, 750, 1680–1681, 1934–1935
• Hubbard, Wharton D., 34–35
• Hughes, Rowland R., 780, 781, 784
• Hull, Gen. John E., 361, 1013n, 1054–1055, 1094, 1095, 1559, 1569, 2195
• Humphrey, George M., 419, 432, 434, 483, 507, 548, 549, 656, 718n, 784, 951–952, 1250–1265, 1839, 2185
• Humphrey, Hubert H., 1074, 1351
• Huu. See Tran Van Huu.
• Huy Kanthoul, 25, 196, 245
• India (see also Nehru, Jawaharlal and Indian subheadings under other subjects), 3, 95, 213–215, 220–221, 265, 358, 430, 519, 575, 727, 764, 866n, 867, 870, 871, 1009n, 1057, 1267–1268, 1294, 1315–1317, 1344, 1406–1408, 1437, 1463, 1476, 1538–1539, 1556, 1574, 1733, 1799, 1893, 1923, 2366, 2370, 2386, 2409
• Indonesia, 29–30, 83–84, 86, 358, 575, 866n, 867, 870, 871, 872n, 1203, 1231, 1292, 1329, 1344, 1513, 1574
• Inpeng Suryadhay, 674
• Internationalization of the Indochina conflict (see also Collective defense):
  • Australian position, 15–16, 100, 175, 179, 185, 187, 211, 297, 362, 434n, 616, 1186, 1196
  • Belgian contribution, 283, 302–303
  • British position, 19n, 20n, 67–69, 71–72, 90–91, 97, 100, 112, 162, 192, 212–213, 298, 320, 325, 616, 1186
  • Burmese contribution, 1186
  • Cambodian position, 1405n
  • Canadian contribution, 283, 302–303
  • China, People’s Republic of, position, 1122
  • China. Republic of, contribution, 21, 298, 616, 976, 1024, 1040–1041, 1055, 1186
  • Five-power efforts at, 211, 266, 298–299, 319, 324–325, 362, 433–434, 824
  • French position, 4–6, 7, 8, 17, 37, 43, 70, 85, 111–112, 131, 158–161, 192, 212–213, 278, 319, 320, 331, 332, 469, 507, 902, 934, 1059–1060, 1086, 1226, 1295n, 1304, 1360, 1379, 1400, 1427–1428, 1469, 1475, 1484, 1497, 1512, 1514, 1518, 1519, 1520, 1541, 1604
  • Indian position, 14, 265–266
  • Japanese contribution, 131
  • Laotian position, 934
  • New Zealand position, 15–16, 100, 175, 185, 211, 266, 283, 298–299, 362, 434n, 616, 791, 1186
  • Philippine position, 9, 652, 1186
  • Thai position, 9, 639, 652, 1186
  • Tripartite Ad Hoc Military Committee, 15–16, 90–91, 111–112, 163–165, 170, 175, 212–213, 237
  • Tripartite (France–U.K.–U.S.) efforts at, 2–3, 6–9, 12, 13–16, 17–20, 32, 54, 57, 67, 69, 71–72, 73, 74, 76–77, 79–80, 90–91, 100, 148–150, 155, 162–165, 175, 179, 184, 185, 187, 192, 211–213, 237, 238, 246, 296–298, 310–311, 325, 539, 610, 975–976, 1216, 1391–1393, 2284–2285
  • U.N. role, 3, 9, 20n, 70, 85, 114, 120, 125, 131, 469, 507, 524n, 526, 557, 652, 894, 895, 975–976, 1086, 1175, 1184, 1186
  • U.S. military participation, 13, 15, 32, 97, 100, 131, 141, 149, 163, 185, 211, 298, 867, 895, 975, 976, 1165
  • U.S. position, 2–3, 12–14, 20, 31–32, 71, 79–80, 100, 111–112, 114, 120, 127, 131, 141, 153–154, 155, 161, 162–163, 192, 212, 238, 278–279, 282–283, 319, 433–434, 513, 524n, 526, 616, 623–624, 946, 969, 976, 1367, 1400–1401, 1427–1428, 1497, 1534–1536, 1594
  • Vietnamese position, 1102
• Ismay, Lord, 2195
• Italy, 320–321
• Jackson, CD., 981–982, 1108, 1109n
• Jackson, Henry M., 1266
• Jacquet, Marc, 673, 674, 725, 729n, 731, 733–735, 739n, 741n, 748n, 824–826, 833–834, 840, 888–890, 896, 898–899, 940–941, 955–956, 959–960, 991–992, 1012, 1033–1034, 1052, 1072–1073, 1086, 1352–1356, 1599, 1735, 1871
• Jacquin de Margerie, Roland, 310–311, 636, 656, 669, 673, 690, 999–1000, 1328, 1826, 1927, 1933–1934, 2201n
• James, Michael, 475–476
• Janot, 49, 51, 91–93, 131, 146, 183, 250n, 251, 260, 288, 393, 407–408
• Japan, 2, 3, 29–30, 49–51, 83–84, 131, 139, 182, 193, 195, 206, 358, 362, 549, 575, 651, 717, 866n, 867, 871, 979, 1058–1059, 1203, 1231, 1239, 1275, 1281, 1315, 1344, 1408, 1437, 1463, 1537, 1720, 1774
• Jarvis, Francis G., 852
• Jebb, Sir Gladwyn, 1181, 1390, 1401n, 1757, 1769, 1819, 1826
• Jessup, Philip C., 82n, 158, 210, 216
• Johnson, Edwin C., 1351
• Johnson, Lyndon B., 1224–1225, 1471–1477, 1803
• Johnson, U. Alexis, 270–271, 496, 506, 648, 669, 672, 683, 720, 750, 751, 1187n, 1351, 1812n, 1815–1816, 1819, 1826, 1828–1829
• Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S., 113–117, 124–125, 144, 147–150, 208, 212, 311–312, 361–363, 408, 449–450, 456, 483, 493–495, 496, 503–504, 522, 559n, 608–609, 615, 648–652, 683, 689, 744–746, 751–757, 781, 785, 879n, 948, 962, 968–971, 1094, 1095, 1110, 1111, 1117–1119, 1144–1145, 1148, 1169–1173, 1180, 1186n, 1188, 1198–1199, 1201, 1220, 1307, 1367–1369, 1493, 1498–1500, 1590–1592, 1614, 1624–1626, 1675–1678, 1847–1850, 1938–1939, 1943–1945, 1962–1964, 2064, 2088–2091, 2106–2109, 2154, 2156, 2241–2244, 2310–2311, 2410
• Joint Intelligence Committee, U.S, 311–312
• Joint Staff, U.S., 866n, 867n, 870n, 872n, 928
• Joint Strategic Survey Committee, U.S, 615–616
• Joliot-Curie. Frédéric, 2183
• Jones, John W., 1144–1145
• Josephson, Cmdr., 1121
• Joyce, Robert P., 1801–1803, 1927, 1933, 1964, 2330n
• Judd Report, 1407
• Judd, Walter H., 892, 1471–1477
• Juin, Marshal Alphonse, 15–16, 17, 67, 74, 161, 397–398, 419, 473, 484, 518, 531, 1278
• Katay Sasorith, 1722, 2121, 2321–2322, 2336–2337, 2346, 2374, 2413–2414
• Kattenburg, Paul M., 440
• Katz, Julius C., 1117
• Kennedy, John F., 553, 1266
• Kenny, Norris G., 440, 442, 449
• Kerr, Walter, 1786
• Key, David McK, 1174n, 1356–1357, 1366, 1692–1693, 1709–1710
• Khmer Viet Minh, 1960, 1988, 2094
• Kidder, Randolph A., 1380–1381, 2012–2013, 2038, 2041–2043, 2044, 2108, 2111–2112, 2122, 2123, 2200–2201, 2204, 2250n, 2332, 2414–2415
• Kimball, Dan A., 117–118, 125–127, 141
• Kirkpatrick, Sir Ivone, 158, 210, 1629
• Kitchen, Jeffrey C., 669, 674, 1302n, 1396n, 1507n
• Knight, Ridgway B., 158, 168, 190, 198, 202, 423n, 429, 464, 534–535, 540n, 555n, 644n, 648, 656, 669, 751
• Knowland, William F., 799–800, 801, 802–806, 1173, 1181, 1224–1225, 1230n, 1266, 1410n, 1411, 1461n, 1471–1477, 1584, 1755, 1803
• Koenig, General of the Army Pierre, 322, 331, 500
• Korea, Republic of (see also Korea, Republic of subheadings under other subjects), 1012–1013, 1028, 1040–1041, 1054–1056, 1094–1096, 1102, 1185, 1186, 1197, 1229, 1369–1370, 1408, 1441, 1465, 1523, 1884
• Korea, settlement in and relationship to Indochina, 4–8, 12–14, 38, 57–59, 164, 199–201, 205–207, 233, 243, 246, 248, 301, 320, 373–374, 433–434, 437, 454–456, 470, 472, 486–487, 491–492, 540–542, 546, 556–557, 583–584, 593, 599, 602, 603, 612, 642, 646, 654, 659, 661, 664, 665, 670–671, 678–679, 690, 700, 707, 887–888, 893, 911, 935, 1021, 1060, 1068, 1080
• Kou Oravong, 2121n
• Kraft, Ole Bjorn, 320
• Kuehn, René, 834, 853
• Kyes, Roger M., 493, 981, 1002–1006, 1007, 1036, 1037, 1041, 1094n, 1108, 1109n, 1224–1225, 1236, 1264, 1442
• La Chambre, Guy, 1725, 1863, 1789–1881, 1891, 1896–1898, 1920–1921, 1935–1936, 1949, 1973–1976, 1979, 1980, 1997–1999, 2007–2010, 2012–2013, 2044, 2061n, 2070–2071, 2080–2083, 2095–2098, 2099–2100, 2109, 2110, 2117, 2123, 2130n, 2135n, 2136, 2168–2169, 2170–2171, 2175–2181, 2196–2197, 2218–2219, 2331, 2335–2336, 2391, 2441
• Labouisse, Henry R., 429, 507, 727–731
• Lacoste, Francis, 1328
• Lacy, William S.B., 28n, 124n, 189, 197
• Lai Huu Sang, 1450, 1460, 2000
• Lai Huu Tai, 1450, 1460
• Laking. G.R., 1187, 1417, 1512, 1515
• Lalor, Rear Adm. William G., 361, 495
• Lam, Col., 2014, 2015, 2078, 2229
• Lamarque, 288, 529
• Landon, Kenneth P., 514, 639, 1393n
• Lane, Clayton, 190, 198
• Langlais, Col. Pierre, 2022
• Lanham, Henderson, 1471–1477
• Laniel, Joseph, 622n, 652, 709, 739–740, 742, 1525
  • Associated States, situation in, 630–631, 706–707, 753, 837
  • Bilateral (France–U.S.) discussion of Indochina, 1327–1328, 1336–1338, 1371–1373, 1394–1396
  • Cambodia, situation in, 630–631
  • Cessation of hostilities, 842n, 1138
  • China, People’s Republic of, aggression in Indochina, 1642
  • Dien Bien Phu, 1151–1152, 1260, 1371–1373, 1394–1396
  • Dulles statement on Indochina, proposed, 840–842, 846n–847n, 848n
  • France:
    • European defense commitments, 703, 741, 887n, 1013
    • Indochina policy, 701–703, 728–729, 1336–1339, 1352, 1469
    • National Assembly, Indochina debates, 832n, 837–838, 840–842, 845–847, 848n, 853–855, 863–864, 887n, 1097–1099, 1105, 1299–1300
    • Partnership with United States in Indochina, 1526–1527, 1566–1568, 1635
    • Political difficulties in, 713, 717, 740, 840, 847–848, 914, 945, 1080–1081, 1106, 1149–1150, 1153, 1162, 1292–1293, 1523, 1685n
  • French Union, 837, 840–841, 842, 863–864, 1524–1525, 1530n
  • Geneva Conference on Indochina, 1097–1099, 1105, 1376, 1523
  • Military situation in Indochina, 1017
  • Navarre Plan, 643–644, 702, 706–707, 708–709, 715–716, 740–741, 749, 752–753, 766
  • Negotiated settlement in Indochina, 737n, 863–864, 887–889, 897–898, 939, 1021
  • U.S. assistance to France in Indochina, 702–703, 707, 708, 729, 740, 837, 863, 939, 942–943, 983–985
  • U.S. military intervention, question of, 1236–1238, 1268–1269, 1421–1422, 1475, 1483–1484, 1527, 1567
  • Vietnam, situation in, 681, 703, 741, 837–838, 841–842, 844, 1295–1296, 1635
• Laniel-Navarre Plan. See Navarre Plan.
• Lansdale, Col. Edward G., 1006, 1041, 1722, 2076–2078, 2301, 2363
• Laos (see also Associated States and Laotian subheadings under other subjects), 719, 831, 920, 1061, 1079, 1400, 1461n, 1613, 1680–1681, 1752, 2054, 2267, 2273, 2431
  • Communist threat to, 268, 316, 323, 326, 337–338, 368, 386, 415, 418, 430, 515–516, 583, 595, 643, 694–695, 719–720, 738, 804, 820, 882, 886, 1001, 1009, 1011, 1034, 1044–1045, 1321, 1336n, 1340, 1663, 1701, 1721, 1771, 1820, 1901, 1906, 1913, 1928–1931, 1938, 2017–2018, 2121, 2143, 2210, 2276–2277, 2287–2288, 2298–2300, 2321–2322, 2351, 2358–2359, 2374, 2386
  • Diplomatic recognition of, 2217, 2386
  • France, relations with, 344, 416, 523, 1566, 1930, 2299, 2336n, 2338, 2386
  • Geneva Conference on Indochina, discussion of, 1811–1812
  • Independence, 191–192, 472, 556, 658, 671, 677–678, 719, 820, 831, 844–845, 920, 923, 1113, 1337, 1340
  • Korea, Republic of, troops, alleged request for, 1040–1041, 1055
  • Military situation, 41, 299–300, 329, 515–516, 517, 521, 547, 719–720, 722, 820, 931–934, 955, 957, 1061–1062, 1079, 1820–1821
  • National Army, 159, 160, 170, 300, 320, 337, 415, 452, 597, 625, 803, 820–821, 920, 1078–1079, 1811–1812, 1907, 1930, 2082, 2242, 2310, 2338–2339, 2414, 2431
  • Political situation, 37, 205, 246, 341, 600, 1662–1663, 1937, 2054, 2120–2122, 2192, 2209–2210, 2220, 2336–2337
  • Southeast Asian states, relations with, 979, 2349, 2431–2432
  • Tripartite (France–U.K.–U.S.) briefing on Indochina, 2405–2406
  • U.S. assistance:
    • Direct, question of, 1739, 1969, 2063, 2065, 2139–2140, 2209, 2275, 2321–2322, 2338–2340, 2345–2346, 2357–2359, 2414
    • Financial, 344–345, 820, 1900–1903, 2374–2375
    • Efforts to strengthen regime, 1738–1739, 2386
    • Military Assistance Advisory Group, 1563, 1812
    • Requests for, 1764, 2338
  • U.S. diplomatic relations with, 299, 416, 1865, 1960
  • Viet Minh invasions:
    • April 1953, 468–470, 471, 484, 485, 490–492, 506, 514–517, 521, 532–533, 535, 539, 543–544, 547, 549, 559–560, 594–595, 694–695, 697
    • December 1953, 931–936
  • Viet Minh penetration, 601, 1001, 1008–1010, 1014, 1028, 1033–1034, 1040, 1044–1045, 1060–1062, 1078, 1079, 1089, 1139
  • Withdrawal from Indochina conflict, 299–300, 415, 923
• Laurent, Jean E. P., 48–53
• Lauzin, Gen. Henri, 582, 1028, 1073–1074, 1457, 1495, 1735
• Lavaill, Henri, 1998
• Lay, James S., Jr., 714n, 767n, 787n, 789n, 1094n, 1095n, 1182–1183, 1581–1582, 1649n
• Le Blanc, Gen., 1012, 1043–1044, 1047, 1124
• Le Huu Tu, 832, 849, 1577, 2039, 2361–2362
• Le Kieu, 2000, 2240n
• Le Ngoc Chan, 1889, 2014, 2015, 2018–2019, 2020, 2023, 2027, 2028, 2032, 2038, 2229
• Le Quang Huy, 355n, 379, 1947
• Le Roy de la Tournelle, Guy, 157, 429, 529, 1819, 1826
• Le Thang, 978, 980, 1069
• Le Van Hoach, 355n, 562n
• Le Van Vien, Gen., 48, 1450, 1999–2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2035, 2037, 2039, 2042–2043, 2044, 2047–2048, 2052, 2057, 2061, 2105n, 2118, 2127, 2128–2130, 2131, 2137–2138, 2145, 2150, 2178, 2190, 2211, 2238n, 2303, 2376–2377, 2380, 2394, 2395, 2397
• Le Van Vy, 1947–1948
• Lécheres, Gen. Charles, 372, 387, 389–390, 438
• Lehman, Herbert H., 1351
• Lemnitzer, Lt. Gen. Lyman L., 361, 683, 751, 1117, 1169, 2195
• Leroy, Col. Jean, 1690, 1722–1724, 1997, 2019
• Letourneau, Jean, 67n, 529n, 578n, 2303
  • Appointment as High Commissioner, 19, 104n, 134, 510n, 511n, 531
  • Associated States:
    • French relations with, 107–108, 137, 138, 176–177, 194–195, 198, 206, 331, 403, 408
    • Independence, 106, 137, 140n, 191–192, 193–194, 206–207, 319–320, 431, 433
    • National Armies, 27, 60, 106–108, 140n, 159–160, 175, 191, 201–202, 204, 319–320, 331, 431
    • Piaster devaluation, 394–395, 440–443, 563, 569–570
  • Bao Dai, attitude toward, 17, 18, 26–27, 68, 205, 228–230, 240, 272–275, 276, 433
  • Bilateral (France–U.S.) discussion of Indochina, 189–195, 197–202, 203–204, 437–449, 483–486
  • Cambodia, situation in, 25, 37, 108, 205, 395–396, 433, 476–477, 530, 609
  • China, People’s Republic of, aggression in Indochina, 17–18, 60, 164, 190–191, 201–202, 205–206, 433
  • France:
    • Indochina policy, 4–7, 35, 77, 107, 174n, 272, 275, 328, 330–331, 415–416
    • National Assembly, Indochina debates, 5–7, 103–109, 268, 328, 330–331
    • Withdrawal from Indochina, 16, 27, 38, 60, 70, 105, 439, 484, 570, 673
  • French Union troop reinforcement, 108–109, 673
  • Internationalization of the Indochina conflict, 5, 6–7, 9, 17, 37, 106–107, 164, 175, 179, 184, 185, 192, 212–213, 320, 324, 325, 331
  • Laos, situation in, 37, 205, 323, 484, 485, 490, 528, 530–531
  • Letourneau Plan, 432, 434–435, 437–439, 462, 484–485
  • Military situation in Indochina, 17, 26, 36, 43n, 44, 68, 108, 111, 159–160, 200, 204, 221–222, 226, 268–269, 275, 323
  • Negotiated settlement in Indochina, 5–6, 26, 37–38, 43, 44, 61, 68, 70, 72–73, 77, 104–106, 108, 179–180, 200–201, 207, 275, 320, 331, 356
  • NATO discussion of Indochina, 319–321
  • Replacement as High Commissioner, 322, 569, 581–582
  • Tripartite (France–U.K.–U.S.) discussion of Indochina, 157–166, 505–506
  • United Nations, appeal to, 9, 17–18, 106, 164
  • U.S. assistance to:
    • Associated States, 445–449
    • France in Indochina, 105, 107, 162, 175, 199, 201, 202, 206–208, 221, 320, 324–325, 363–365, 435, 583
  • U.S. military intervention, question of, 131
  • Vietnam:
    • Government, 16–18, 26–27, 37, 68, 136, 204–205, 354–355, 431, 438, 448, 485
    • National Army, 26–27, 36–37, 106, 202, 221, 320, 323–324, 395–396, 431, 433, 434, 439
    • Situation in, 16–17, 61, 107, 205, 4 43–44, 448
  • Visit to Washington, 74, 146, 174–175, 176–177, 180, 182, 187, 205–208, 211–214, 221, 231–232
• Letourneau Plan:
  • Associated States National Armies role, 439, 450–452, 456–457, 459, 485, 495, 504, 508–509, 632, 658
  • Cost of, 452, 456, 457, 460
  • French position, 431–432, 434–435, 436, 437–439, 450–452, 456, 457, 458–460,