1893-1976
Eastern Europe
(372) documents
Phạm Văn Đồng (Pham Van Dong), Prime Minister of North Vietnam from 1954-1976.
1954
Zhou reports to the CCP on the opening session of the Geneva Conference on Indochina. During this session, Pham Van Dong presents his five-point proposal, and Molotov rebuts arguments made by the US.
Zhou reports on the restrictive session on Indochina. Participating countries agreed to a three-point proposal regarding peace in Indochina.
1964
Zedong advises Pham Van Dong on how to handle war in South Vietnam and protection of North Vietnam.
1965
Zhou Enlai addresses Pham Van Dong, not supporting the idea of Soviet volunteers entering Vietnam and discussing Cambodian involvement in the war.
1966
Zhou Enlai proposes sending more military personnel to Vietnam, he also criticizes Vietnamese press for writing about historical Chinese aggressions toward Vietnam.
1967
Zhou Enlai comments on the American military personality.
Soviet proposals to increase aid to Vietnam, via China
Zhou Enlai reinforces his and China’s commitment to the war in Vietnam, even though he is almost seventy years old.
1970
Pham Van Dong outlines two new diplomatic offensives the NLF is taking against the US. Zhou Enlai proposes sending Chinese representatives to the front to observe the situation in South Vietnam.
Zhou Enlai asks Pham Van Dong to stop sending students to Europe, opting for education by Chinese teachers in Vietnam instead; he also praises recent Vietnamese diplomacy.