us policy and intervention p1
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- US policy and intervention 1954-64 =
- Geneva conference 1954 =
- a meeting between 9 countries which focused on resolving the war between France and vietnam
- countries - cambodia, laos, china, france, Britain, USSR, USA, N.V and S.V
- What was agreed =
- vietnam was split into 2 half along the 17th parallel
- there would be a demilitarised zone in the middle
- south would be run by Bao Dai (opposed communism)
- north would be run by Ho Chi Minh
- france had to withdraw from Vietnam
- elections were to be held, but nothing was agreed
- no foreign forces would be allowed to set up military bases in V
- there were 300 days of free movement between the two sides
- US response = eisenhower was worried about the spread of communism and was comitted to containing it
- USA refused to sign, but in jan '55 they sent military aid to Saigon and offered to train the army
- The Domino theory -
- Eisenhower said that if sone country fell into communism, the surrounding countries would too
- consequence = Eisenhower set up SEATO with 7 other countries in '54
- Life in N.V under Ho Chi Minh =
- they aimed to create a more equal society
- most of their food came from the south
- by '61 85% of farms were co-operatives
- land reforms were set up
- rice production had diubled to 5.4 m tonnes
- 500,000 died during land reforms and communist re-education
- living in cities was dangerous once US had joined war
- radio and newspapers were controlled by gov
- Life in S.V under Diem =
- elections were rigged so that Diem one
- due to free movement agreement in geneva, most catholics had moved south
- most of the country was buddhist
- 1955-57 - imprisoned, tortured or killed anyone suspected of being a communist about 12,000 killed and 40,00 imprisoned
- NLF and Ho Chi Minh trail-
- NLF - an attempt by N.V to turn S.V communis
- they used the trail to send n.v aid to communist supporters in the south
- NLF was formed in s.v agained Diem
- Geneva conference 1954 =
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