Search | UMD School of Public Policy Digital Archive

Switch to Visualization

Indochinese War, 1946-1954 Clear All

Related Resources

Portrait of Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, 1972.

East Asia

China

Photo of the Geneva Conference of 1954

Geneva Conference of 1954

The Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam, 2012.

Southeast Asia

Vietnam

First Indochina War

Photograph of Zhou Enlai in 1972.

Zhou, Enlai

1898 - 1976

Placeholder image for when a places image is not available

Southeast Asia

Laos

Placeholder image for when a places image is not available

Southeast Asia

Cambodia

Soviet soldier taking a photograph of another soldier in Red Square, Moscow, 1959

Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

Placeholder image for when a places image is not available

Western Europe

France

Portrait of Mao Zedong from propaganda poster

Mao, Zedong

1893 - 1976

Conversations with Zhou Enlai

Official Chinese Communist Party portrait of Liu Shaoqi.

Liu, Shaoqi

1898 - 1969

Cropped photograph of Soviet politician, Vyacheslav Molotov.

Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich

1890 - 1986

Ho Chi Minh in East Germany, 1957.

Hồ, Chí Minh (Ho Chi Minh)

1890 - 1969

Placeholder image for when a portrait image is not available

China. Communist Party. Central Committee (CCP CC)

-

Sino-Soviet Relations

China and South Asia

Handshake between Zhao Ziyang, on the right, and Etienne Davignon

China-Western Europe Relations

Results:

71 - 80 of 87

Display:

Sort By:

Documents

June 6, 1954	Minutes, Wang Bingnan’s Meeting with French Ambassador to Switzerland Jean Chauvel and Jacques Guillermaz Wang and Chauvel discuss hopes for reaching agreements regarding the Indochina armistice. Difficulties in reaching a compromise are covered.
June 7, 1954	Telegram, Zhou Enlai to Mao Zedong, Concerning Consultations among the Chinese, Soviet and Vietnamese Delegations Zhou informs the CCP that he is sending the twelve terms on the Indochina armistice issue to be discussed on the 8th.
June 7, 1954	Telegram, CCP Central Committee to Zhou Enlai, Replying to Zhou Enlai’s 7 June 1954 Telegram CCP accepts the decisions Zhou wrote of in his 7 June 1954 telegram.
June 11, 1954	Telegram, Zhou Enlai to Mao Zedong and Others, Regarding the Seventh Plenary Session 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.
June 15, 1954	Minutes of Conversation between Zhang Wentian and Harold Caccia In this meeting, Caccia explains to Zhang that Britain firmly supports the withdrawal of all Viet Minh troops from Laos and Cambodia.
June 18, 1954	Telegram from Zhou Enlai to Mao Zedong and Liu Shaoqi and the Central Committee on His Conversation with Georges Bidault Zhou reports on his meeting with Bidault. Bidault expresses his desire to see the conference continue, and says there is still a week until Eden and Smith leave to reach some agreement. Zhou also speaks of the Cambodia and Laos issues.
June 18, 1954	Minutes, Meeting between Zhou Enlai and the Australian Minister for External Affairs, Richard Casey (Summary) Zhou and Casey discuss issues of Korean unification, PRCs recognition in the UN, and Indochina. Zhou insists that if a nation establishes military bases in another country's territory, it is for aggressive reasons.
February 26, 1954	Cable from the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Central Committee to CCP Central Committee, via Comrade Yudin Comrade Pavel Yudin asks the CCP to inform Comrade Ho Chi Minh that the discussion at the upcoming conference in Geneva will include the Korea question and restoring peace in Indochina.
March 2, 1954	'Preliminary Opinions on the Assessment of and Preparation for the Geneva Conference,' Prepared by the PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs (drafted by PRC Premier and Foreign Minister Zhou Enlai) [Excerpt] Zhou discusses the need to make agreements at the Geneva conference in order to open a path for discussion and negotiation with the west. Zhou notes that because the US, France and Britain are not united in their opinions, the CCP must hold fast to their positions on the peaceful unification of Korea, and of peace in Indochina. Finally, Zhou suggests that the CCP prepare to discuss issues of trade, relaxing international tensions, and breaking the US embargo, although these issues are not on the agenda.
June 22, 1954	Telegram, Zhou Enlai to Mao Zedong and Others, Regarding Talks with Eden Zhou reports on a meeting with Eden. In this meeting the two discuss the proposals on Laos and Cambodia. They also agree that the foreign ministers return to the conference regularly to see that their military representatives are productive.