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, 472–473, 484, 485–486, 771n
  • U.S. support, 456, 457, 460–461, 462–463, 464, 483–484, 485–486, 495, 501–502, 503, 504, 508, 522, 533–534, 570, 575
  • U.S. military mission to evaluate (see also O’Daniel Mission: June 20, 1953), 570–571, 575–576, 604
  • U.S. position, 424–425, 431, 435–436, 439–440, 461–464, 473, 478–480, 483–484, 485, 493–504, 508, 510, 522, 559n, 640n–641n, 743
  • Vietnam, effect on, 450–452, 462
• Lippmann, Walter, 1060, 1539
• Lloyd, John Selwyn, 210, 505
• Lodge, Henry Cabot, 429, 709, 987, 1039, 1173, 1345n, 1426–1427, 1554–1557, 1630–1634
• Lourie, Donold B., 750
• Lovett, Robert A., 69, 113, 129, 141–145, 147, 154, 250
• Luce, Henry R., 1842n
• MacArthur, General of the Army Douglas, 877, 1370
• MacArthur, Douglas, II, 284, 363n, 1074–1075, 1134, 1169, 1202n, 1225, 1231, 1238n, 1376–1377, 1560n, 1562–1564, 2387n
  • Associated States, situation in, 642, 708, 898
  • Atomic weapons, possible use, 1270–1272
  • Bilateral discussion of Indochina:
    • France–U.S., 429–432, 656–667, 1137–1140, 1142–1144, 1328, 1336–1338, 1371–1373, 1394, 2066, 2078–2080, 2122–2126
    • U.K.–U.S., 1214–1217, 1307–1309, 1311–1315, 1319–1320, 2387n
  • Cambodia, situation in, 2433–2434
  • China, People’s Republic of, aggression in Indochina, 420, 707, 823–824, 1117, 1658
  • Collective defense, 1187, 1243–1245, 1286, 1290, 1304–1308, 1311–1313, 1319–1320, 1328, 1342n, 1471, 1526, 1594n
  • Collins Mission to Vietnam, 2194, 2198–2199, 2415
  • France:
    • Indochina policy, 641, 1274n, 1294–1295, 1335n, 1338n, 1371–1373
    • Partnership with United States in Indochina, 1540, 1593
    • Withdrawal from Indochina, 361, 419, 642, 643
  • French Union, U.S. interest in, 840–842
  • Geneva Conference on Indochina, 999, 1275n, 1692 1812n
  • Letourneau Plan, 464
  • Navarre Plan, 648, 707–708, 709, 742, 750–751, 752–757, 766–767, 780, 787
  • Negotiated settlement in Indochina, 642, 897–898, 1134, 1757–1758, 1766, 1819, 1826, 1828–1829
  • Tripartite (France–U.K.–U. S.) discussion of Indochina, 669–672, 1819, 1826, 2284–2285, 2405–2406
  • U.S. assistance to France in Indochina, 391, 420, 707–708, 738n, 883, 1296–1298, 1677
  • U.S. military intervention, question of, 1157–1158
  • U.S. training of forces, 2107–2108, 2124, 2271n, 2433–2434
  • U.S.–U.K. Study Group on Southeast Asia, 1848
• MacDiarmid, Orville J., 395n
• MacDiarmid Report, 395, 399, 400
• MacDonald, Malcolm, 67–69, 161, 221, 316, 319, 583, 831, 930, 2123, 2325–2326
• MacDonnell, Amb., 2095
• Magnuson, Warren G., 1266
• Magsaysay, Ramon, 883–884, 1461n, 1462, 2230–2231, 2234, 2240, 2355
• Makins, Sir Roger, 210, 667, 669, 1180–1181, 1187, 1188, 1214–1217, 1243–1245, 1287n, 1322n, 1349–1350, 1467, 1482, 1797n, 2284–2285
• Malaya, 29–30, 83–84, 97, 130, 161, 377, 693, 832, 867, 871, 930, 949, 972, 1195, 1196, 1198, 1203, 1204, 1292, 1329, 1386n, 1388, 1389, 1437, 1649
• Malenkov, Georgiy Maksimilianovich, 722
• Manila Conference, 2007n, 2012, 2017
• Manila Pact. See Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty under Collective defense.
• Mansfield, Mike, 553, 809–810, 824–826, 1075, 1266, 1538–1540, 1997, 2001–2002, 2009, 2012–2013, 2020, 2055–2056, 2009, 2141–2142, 2144, 2266, 2334, 2350–2352, 2378–2379, 2386, 2393–2394, 2398, 2403
• Mansfield Report on Vietnam, 2160, 2165, 2182, 2199, 2214, 2379
• Mao Tse-tung, 1085, 1720
• Martin, Edwin M., 197, 382, 741
• Martin, Jacques, 669, 674
• Martin, Joseph W., Jr., 1181, 1224–1225, 1410n, 1461n, 1471
• Massigli, René, 1423, 1629
• Mathewson, Lt. Gen. Lemuel, 1169
• Matteson, Robert E., 669, 674
• Matthews, H. Freeman, 82n, 90, 141, 361–362, 429, 648, 649, 669, 683, 688, 750, 751–752, 755, 756
• Mayer, Daniel, 1072n, 1097
• Mayer, René, 331n, 363–366, 377–378, 390, 392, 396, 397, 400, 428, 429–432, 434, 435–436, 462, 512, 528, 538, 556n, 561–562, 567, 581n, 855, 1525
• Mazeau, Col., 190, 198
• McBride, Robert H., 190, 198, 348n, 432n, 469, 568n, 613n, 669, 674, 844n, 874n, 1040–1041, 1144n, 1202n, 1294n, 1328, 1669n, 1755n
• McCardle, Carl W., 429, 750, 1826
• McCardle, James J., 1874
• McClintock, Robert, 410, 415, 453, 1458–1459, 1532, 1552–1553, 1605n, 1784n, 1937–1938, 1957n
  • Bao Dai, attitude toward, 453–455, 536–537, 573–574, 1083n
  • Bilateral (France–U.S.) discussion of Indochina, 465–468
  • Cambodia, situation in, 520n, 525n, 810, 1673–1674, 1752, 1799–1800, 1937, 1960, 2114–2115, 2135, 2140–2141, 2373, 2382–2385, 2420–2423
  • Dien Bien Phu, 1348, 1359–1360, 1377–1380, 1399–1401, 1408–1409, 1498, 1516–1518, 1522, 1695
  • France, policy in Indochina, 481–482, 504n, 537–538, 571–572, 578, 582–583, 1028, 1665–1666, 1773–1774
  • Geneva Conference on Indochina, 1511–1512
  • Laos, situation in, 491–492, 923, 1752, 1764–1765, 1770–1772, 1937
  • Letourneau Plan, 479–480
  • Military situation in Indochina, 481–482, 1457, 1573, 1627–1628, 1734–1740
  • Navarre Plan, 1695, 1735
  • U.S. assistance to:
    • Associated States, 574–575, 1954–1956
    • Cambodia, 2311–2314
    • France in Indochina, 480–481, 482, 573, 923n
    • Vietnam, 1477–1478, 1646, 1876–1877
  • U.S. training of forces:
    • Cambodia, 1739, 2311–2314, 2329n, 2410–2411, 2433n
    • Vietnam, 1358–1359, 1519, 1520, 1582–1583, 1590–1601, 1674–1675, 1691–1692, 1739, 1954–1956
  • Viet Minh policies, 1644–1646, 1664, 1679–1680
  • Vietnam:
    • Government, 1450, 1460, 1560–1561, 1685–1687, 1690–1691, 1718–1720, 1730, 1762–1764, 1772–1773, 1941–1942, 2026n, 2056–2057
    • National Army, 467–468, 482, 572–573, 1579, 1610–1611
    • Refugees, 1924–1925, 1961–1962
    • Situation in, 573–574, 577–579, 583, 1206–1209, 1479–1480, 1576–1577, 1696–1698, 1782–1784
• McCormack, John W., 1224–1225, 1471–1477
• McDermott, Michael J., 471n
• McGowan, Maj. John D., 2128n
• McGrew, Don, 730, 749n, 2387
• McIlvaine, Robinson, 1692
• McReynolds, Wilbur, 917, 959, 1056
• McWilliams, William J., 563n
• Mehta, G.L., 1217–1218, 1315–1317, 1571–1573
• Meloy, Francis G., 1611–1614, 1850, 2076
• Mendès-France, Pierre, 2427–2428, 2435
  • Associated States independence, 611, 1827
  • Bao Dai, attitude toward, 2304–2305
  • Bilateral (France–U.S.) discussion of Indochina, 2147, 2264–2267
  • Cessation of hostilities, 611, 914, 1825
  • Election as Premier, 67n, 612, 904, 914, 1153–1154, 1721n
  • France:
    • National Assembly, Indochina debates, 847–848, 855, 1103, 1105
    • Partnership with United States in Indochina, 2197, 2274–2275, 2277–2279, 2410n
    • Situation in Indochina, 130, 1721, 1776–1777, 1977n, 1981
    • Vietnam, Democratic Republic of, relations with, 1981, 2259, 2305, 2373
  • French Expeditionary Corps, 2307
  • Geneva Conference on Indochina, 1786, 1796, 1800, 1801–1803, 1812n, 1814–1816, 1823–1826, 1828, 1829–1830, 1832–1833, 1865n, 1871n, 2404–2405
  • Internationalization of the Indochina conflict, 610
  • Laos, situation in, 1820–1821, 2258–2259, 2267
  • Navarre Plan, 797
  • Negotiated settlement in Indochina, 67n, 69–70, 579–580, 590, 611, 632, 644, 656, 665, 728, 796–797, 1103, 1105, 1153–1154, 1756, 1787–1788, 1813–1814, 1819–1820, 1824–1825, 1830–1831, 1832–1833
  • Tripartite (France–U.K.–U.S.) discussion of Indochina, 1819–1829, 2165–2166, 2285, 2400–2405, 2424n
  • U.S. assistance to:
    • Associated States, 2103, 2175
    • France in Indochina, 1855, 2267, 2283–2284, 2308
  • U.S. training of forces, 2269n, 2306–2307, 2433n, 2434
  • Vietnam:
    • Elections, 611–612, 1769, 1777–1778, 2305n, 2439
    • Government, 1889n, 2035n, 2115, 2147, 2165–2166, 2168–2169, 2182–2183, 2259, 2265–2266, 2303–2304, 2391, 2411, 2426
    • National Army, 2308
    • Partition, 1769, 1803
  • Visit to Washington, 2181, 2264–2267, 2303–2308
• Menon, V. K. Krishna, 1194, 1407, 1876, 1923
• Menzies, Robert G., 1462, 1485
• Merchant, Livingston T., 419, 429, 507, 540–541, 551, 656, 669, 751, 753–754, 757, 789n, 844n, 848n, 851–852, 874–876, 1117, 1179n, 1214, 1286n, 1328, 1342n, 1346, 1349, 1386–1391, 1471, 1512n, 1554, 1588n, 1693, 1694–1695, 1710, 1767, 1950, 1991, 2010, 2164, 219-J, 2265, 2329, 2406
• Merlo, Guy, 614
• Metcalf, Lee E., 1344n
• Military Assistance Advisory Group, U.S. See under U.S. assistance under individual countries.
• Military Defense Assistance Program. See under U.S. assistance to France in Indochina.
• Military operations in Indochina (see also Military situation under individual countries):
  • Operation Atlante, 1026–1027, 1033, 1068, 1084, 1087, 1149, 1154, 1210, 1296, 1341, 1360, 1378, 1380, 1400, 1437, 1454, 1681
  • Operation Castor, 881–882
  • Operation Gerfaut, 966
  • Operation Mouette, 833n, 858, 860, 879, 899–900, 905
  • Operation Polo, 110–111
  • Operation Vautour (Vulture), 1374, 1397
• Millet, Pierre, 190, 198, 441, 470–472, 489, 490, 506, 913, 1157–1158, 1991, 2071, 2181–2182, 2217–2218, 2373n
• Millikin, Eugene D., 1224–1225, 1410n, 1411, 1461n, 1471
• Milne, Matilda L., 440
• Minh. See Ho Thong Minh.
• Minnich, L. Arthur, Jr., 1023–1025, 1181, 1245–1246, 1410n, 1412–1414, 1461n, 1754–1755
• Mitchell, Maj., 189, 197
• Mitterand, François, 580, 673, 1097, 1105
• Mollet, Guy, 70, 1375
• Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich, 1020n, 1057–1058, 1080, 1180, 1433, 1483, 1485, 1490, 1687, 1726, 1786, 1820
• Monissara, Prince, 1878
• Monnet, Jean, 75–77
• Mons, Jean, 1293
• Montel, Pierre, 314–315, 344
• Montllor, Joseph J., 614, 698, 802, 861, 1363–1365, 1634
• Morgan, Gerald D., 780
• Morris, Brewster H., 901n
• Morrison, Clinton, 852–853
• Morocco, 168, 180, 275, 730, 1000, 1404, 1485, 1605, 1612
• Morse, Wayne, 1351
• Morton, Thruston B., 553n, 787n, 806n, 807, 1351, 1365–1366, 1471, 2350
• Moyer, Raymond T., 1895
• Munro, Leslie K., 789n, 791, 1187–1188, 1204, 1205, 1231–1235, 1284–1285, 1417–1419, 1513–1515
• Murphy, Robert D., 520n, 709, 1021n, 1133, 1169, 1171–1172, 1173, 1366, 1368–1369, 1471, 1498–1500, 1512, 1560n, 1571–1573, 1632, 1641n, 1669–1670, 1676, 1692, 1693, 1743–1748, 1874–1876, 1950, 2107, 2122–2126, 2346–2348
• Murray, Thomas E., 547
• Mutual Security Agency program in Vietnam. See under Vietnam: U.S. assistance.
• Naegelen, Marcel-Edmond, 1065
• Nam Phuong (Empress of Vietnam), 27, 98, 228, 274, 277, 310, 574, 587, 1031, 1504
• Nash, Frank C., 162, 210, 212, 269n, 361, 429, 434, 437–440, 449–450, 462, 507, 508, 512n, 551, 656, 663, 669, 743–744, 875
• Nason, John B., 413n, 440
• National Intelligence Estimates:
  • NIE 35/1 (Mar. 3, 1952), 53–60, 99, 119, 244
  • NIE 35/2 (Aug. 29, 1952), 243–249
  • NIE 91 (June 4, 1953), 592–602
  • NIE 63/1 (Dec. 1, 1953), 894–895
  • NIE 63/54 (Apr. 30, 1954), 1451–1456
  • NIE 63–3–54 (May 21, 1954), 1595–1598
  • NIE 10–3–54 (June 1, 1954), 1652–1657
  • NIE 63–4–54 (June 15, 1954), 1698–1702
  • NIE 63–5–54 (Aug. 3, 1954), 1905–1914
  • NIE 63–7–54 (Nov. 23, 1954), 2286–2301
• National Security Council:
  • Actions:
    • No. 614 (Mar. 5, 1952), 82n, 113
    • No. 773 (Apr. 28, 1953), 519, 537
    • No. 780 (May 6, 1953), 549
    • No. 874 (Aug. 6, 1953), 718–719, 732n, 767, 780, 885
    • No. 897 (Sept. 9, 1953), 787–788, 884
    • No. 972 (Dec. 3, 1953), 1186
    • No. 1005, 954, 962, 985, 987
    • No. 1011, 964, 987
    • No. 1019 (Jan. 21, 1954), 990, 1037, 1108, 1168, 1182, 1257n, 1325, 1326
    • No. 1043 (Feb. 17, 1954), 1056, 1094
    • No. 1054 (Mar. 4, 1954), 1095, 1660–1661, 1867
    • No. 1074 (Mar. 25, 1954), 1168, 1182, 1250–1265, 1587
    • No. 1086 (Apr. 6, 1954), 1264–1265, 1445, 1446, 1587
    • No. 1095 (Apr. 13, 1954), 1326
    • No. 1104 (Apr. 29, 1954), 1445
    • No. 1106 (May 6, 1954), 1491–1492
    • No. 1111 (May 8, 1954), 1511
    • No. 1112 (May 8, 1954), 1713, 1718
    • No. 1131 (May 20, 1954), 1587n
    • No. 1147 (June 3, 1954), 1661n
    • No. 1178 (July 22, 1954), 1867n
    • No. 1180 (July 22, 1954), 1868n
    • No. 1250 (Oct. 22, 1954), 2158n, 2184, 2243
  • Documents:
    • NSC 48/5 (May 17, 1951), 114
    • NSC 124 (Feb. 13, 1952), 29, 72, 79–80, 82–89, 113–124, 145, 147, 186, 208, 651, 713, 885
    • NSC 148 (Apr. 6, 1953), 435n
    • NSC 149/2 (Apr. 29, 1953), 549
    • NSC 177(Dec. 30, 1953), 885n, 948, 1164–1165; Special Annex, 944–945, 948, 962, 1165, 1182, 1183n
    • NSC 5405 (Jan. 16, 1954), 944n, 971–976, 987, 1037, 1165n, 1182, 1649; Special Annex (Mar. 29, 1954), 1182–1186
    • NSC 5416 (Apr. 10, 1954), 1307
    • NSC 5421 (June 1, 1954), 1531–1582, 1620n.
    • NSC 5429 (Aug. 4, 1954). 1921
    • NSC 5429/2 (Aug. 20, 1954), 2089, 2132–2133, 2154, 2161n
    • NSC 5429/5 (Dec. 22, 1954), 2412–2413
  • Meetings:
    • 113th (Mar. 5, 1952), 61–62, 80n
    • 124th (June 25, 1952), 208
    • 138th (Mar. 25, 1953), 426–428
    • 141st (Apr. 28, 1953), 516–519
    • 143d (May 6, 1953), 546–549
    • 161st (Sept. 9, 1953), 780–789
    • 167th (Oct. 22, 1953), 832n
    • 173d (Dec. 3, 1953), 891n
    • 177th (Dec. 23, 1953), 929–931
    • 179th (Jan. 8, 1954), 947–954
    • 180th (Jan. 14, 1954), 961–964
    • 181st (Jan. 21, 1954), 986–990
    • 183d (Feb. 4, 1954), 1013–1017
    • 184th (Feb. 11, 1954), 1035–1039
    • 185th (Feb. 17, 1954), 1054–1056
    • 186th (Feb. 26, 1954), 1079–1081
    • 187th (Mar. 4, 1954), 1093–1095
    • 188th (Mar. 11, 1954), 1107–1108
    • 189th (Mar. 18, 1954), 1132–1133
    • 190th (Mar. 25, 1954), 1163–1168
    • 191st (Apr. 1, 1954), 1200–1202
    • 192d (Apr. 6, 1954), 1250–1265
    • 193d (Apr. 13, 1954), 1323–1326
    • 194th (Apr. 29, 1954), 1431–1450
    • 195th (May 6, 1954), 1481–1493
    • 196th (May 8, 1954), 1505–1511
    • 197th (May 13, 1954), 1547–1549
    • 198th (May 20, 1954), 1586–1590
    • 200th (June 3, 1954), 1660–1662
    • 202d. (June 17, 1954), 1713–1718
    • 206th (July 15, 1954), 1834–1840
    • 207th (July 22, 1954), 1867–1871
    • 215th (Sept. 24, 1954), 2058–2059
    • 218th (Oct 22, 1954), 2153–2158
    • 219th (Oct. 26, 1954), 2183–2186
• Nationalism vs. colonialism in Indochina, 100, 119–120, 142, 199, 213, 215, 261, 265–266, 357, 450–451, 483, 485, 507, 607, 868–869, 873, 1056, 1111, 1259, 1406–1408, 1427–1428, 1439, 1572–1573, 1654, 1900
• NATO. See North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
• Navarre, Gen. Henri, 743, 744, 903, 1044, 1301, 1600, 1687
  • Appointment as Commander in Chief, 561, 567, 658
  • Associated States National Armies, 625, 857n, 949, 1078–1079
  • Bao Dai, attitude toward, 877, 915, 1071, 1138
  • Cambodia, situation in, 861
  • Cessation of hostilities, 1374, 1392
  • China, People’s Republic of, aggression in Indochina, 823, 877
  • Dien Bien Phu, 914, 937, 948, 1026, 1063–1064, 1085–1066, 1128n, 1135, 1149, 1177–1178, 1190, 1200, 1210, 1273, 1335n, 1340, 1359–1360, 1374, 1378, 1379–1380, 1429, 1438, 1457–1458, 1459, 1478–1479, 1516–1518, 1520, 1522, 1695, 1734–1735, 2022
  • France:
    • Partnership with United States in Indochina, 626, 685, 880, 1003–1004, 1022, 1062–1063, 1121
    • Withdrawal from Indochina, 708, 1027
  • French attitude toward, 625–626, 704–705, 722, 1164
  • French Union troop reinforcement, 617, 625, 673, 685, 687, 693, 696, 701, 704, 880, 930, 949, 955–956, 957, 1028, 1047, 1071
  • Geneva Conference on Indochina, 1518
  • Laos, situation in, 1063–1064, 1078–1079
  • Matériel, need for additional, 801, 857n, 875, 880–881, 918, 937, 956, 957, 1056, 1078
  • Military situation in Indochina, 801, 831, 881, 899–900, 907, 1026–1027, 1040, 1063–1064, 1210, 1493, 1573, 1729
  • Navarre Plan, 617, 624–625, 628, 659, 684, 685, 708, 876, 879–880, 887, 904–908, 918, 930, 937, 968–969, 1008–1009, 1026–1027, 1033, 1036, 1047, 1051, 1063, 1070–1071, 1084, 1124, 1136, 1164
  • Negotiated settlement in Indochina, 899, 1015, 1016
  • O’Daniel, attitude toward, 1022, 1029, 1082, 1073, 1076–1077, 1120–1121
  • O’Daniel Mission recommendations, 570–571, 575, 604, 617, 745, 746, 968–969
  • Replacement, possible, 1048, 1562–1563, 1660, 1695n
  • Unconventional warfare activities, 755, 1029, 1129, 1140
  • U.S. assistance to France in Indochina, 857n, 875, 877, 914, 918–919, 937, 967n, 1056, 1136–1137, 1140, 1170, 1303, 1318, 1397, 1398, 1462, 1695
  • U.S. attitude toward, 683–684, 689, 752, 790, 881, 996, 1017–1018, 1024–1025, 1029, 1048, 1082, 1358n, 1444, 1562–1563, 1612
  • U.S. military intervention, question of, 1735
  • U.S. training of forces, 626, 857n, 1120, 1297, 1359, 1612
  • Vietnam:
    • National Army, 877, 880, 908, 909, 930, 949, 1033, 1047, 1063, 1358–1359, 1379–1380, 1480, 1519, 1520
    • Situation in, 673–674, 915, 1052–1053, 1090, 1127
• Navarre Plan:
  • Associated States National Armies role, 625–626, 658, 671, 715, 729n, 731–732, 733–736, 742, 745, 746, 757–758, 768, 770–772, 774, 775–776, 1033, 1110, 1188
  • British position, 672
  • Cost of, 652, 660, 694, 702, 707–709, 714–715, 731, 733–734, 757–758, 770–775
  • Failure, U.S. alternatives in the event of, 714, 730, 752–753, 762–766, 767, 793–794, 807, 973, 1027, 1038, 1052, 1520, 1665
  • French position, 643, 644, 653n, 658–659, 667, 671–672, 704–705, 706–707, 736, 739, 741, 749, 752, 768, 781, 787, 822, 1082
  • French Union troops:
    • Organization and training, 625, 650, 685–686, 687, 688, 693, 745, 746, 801, 879–880, 904, 931, 1684
    • Reinforcement, need for, 625, 628, 643, 644, 646, 648, 649, 650–651, 652, 659, 673, 681, 685, 687, 693, 696, 700–701, 704, 715, 721, 729, 734, 738, 739, 741, 742, 749, 750, 752, 753, 757, 766–767, 768, 772, 773, 778, 781, 789, 880, 904, 930
  • French–U.S. liaison, necessity for, 745, 755, 757, 769, 788, 792, 822n, 1032
  • Implementation by French, 723, 732n, 737, 739, 741, 742, 745–746, 756–757, 768, 770, 772–774, 831, 876–877, 898, 903–906, 911–912, 914, 918, 945–946, 968–971, 985–986, 988, 993–994, 1008–1009, 1033, 1047, 1051, 1063, 1067, 1070–1071, 1087, 1089, 1092, 1124, 1136, 1140, 1159, 1164, 1303, 1695
  • Local support, necessity for, 745, 781, 1037
  • NATO, impact on French contribution to, 655, 693, 696, 732, 734, 735, 741, 768, 769, 774–775, 783, 788, 792
  • Objectives, 617, 624, 731–733, 743–744, 746–747, 748–749, 757–758, 775–778, 905–906, 972–973, 1472, 1488, 1733, 1735
  • Publicity concerning, 786–787, 792, 793, 810–812
  • U.S. support:
    • Financial:
      • Adequacy of amount, 783–784, 788, 811, 884–885, 930, 945
      • Approval, 695, 713–718, 724, 727, 736, 741–742, 745, 746, 749, 750–752, 753, 754–757, 767–768, 769, 770, 778–779, 783–787, 788–789, 791–793, 806–807, 923, 972, 1695, 1746, 1958, 2185
      • EDC ratification, to facilitate, 719, 754, 758–759, 767, 792, 922–923
      • French requests, 660, 671, 694, 696, 699, 713–714, 716, 725, 737, 749, 768, 771, 1325, 1442–1443
      • Necessity for, 671, 696, 708–709, 713, 723, 728–729, 731–732, 735, 736, 738, 741, 749, 752, 753–754, 757, 768–769, 770, 774, 781, 918
    • Military, 652, 687, 753, 757, 758n, 772, 774, 831, 918, 930, 945, 1093–1094
  • U.S.–French Supplementary Aid Agreement on Indochina, Sept. 29, 1953, 812–819, 1520–1521, 1739–1740
  • U.S. position, 624–626, 628–629, 646, 647–649, 662, 663, 666, 684–689, 707–709, 714, 715–717, 723–725, 732, 735–742, 752–753, 754, 761, 762, 765–766, 768, 780–787, 790, 894–895, 930, 945, 1032, 1051, 1075, 1082, 1110, 1124, 1148, 1188, 1215, 1444
  • Vietnamese National Army role, 625–626, 685–686, 693, 734, 741, 750, 774, 801, 876, 931, 981, 1009, 1033, 1051, 1068, 1071
  • Vietnamese position, 800–801, 820–821, 856, 1068
• Negotiated settlement in Indochina (see also Cessation of hostilities; Collective defense; Geneva Conference on Indochina; Korea, settlement in, etc.):
  • Associated States participation, 201, 667, 863, 888, 891, 897, 902, 946, 975, 1369
  • Australian position, 1188–1189, 1204–1205
  • British position, 13–14, 66–67, 68, 73–74, 78–79, 80–81, 82, 164, 668, 670, 1203, 1204, 1768, 1769, 1781, 1849–1850
  • British–U.S. agreed position, 1757–1758, 1774, 1785–1786, 1791, 1808, 1813, 1815–1816, 1817, 1818, 1824
  • Cambodia, settlement in, 1792–1793, 1858–1859
  • China, People’s Republic of, position, 487, 544, 891, 973
  • Conditions for, 31, 73, 86, 544–546, 975, 991–992, 1009–1010, 1097–1098, 1818, 1821
  • Failure, consequence of, 1825
  • French position, 4–6, 20, 26, 38, 61, 68, 72–73, 105–106, 201, 207, 266, 300, 331, 644, 665, 666–667, 712, 726, 728, 737n, 761–762, 811n, 819, 836–837, 838, 846, 847, 851, 854, 863, 887–888, 890–891, 897, 902, 946, 947, 1021n, 1052, 1060, 1104–1105, 1106, 1122–1124, 1134, 1150, 1305, 1369, 1725–1727, 1775, 1785–1786, 1815, 1824, 1832–1833, 1840–1841
  • French public opinion, 579–581, 590, 629, 666–667, 691, 717, 761, 762, 822, 902, 935, 947, 1015–1016, 1018, 1039, 1190
  • French Union troop morale, effect on, 105, 891n, 893, 899, 930, 1092
  • French–U.S. agreed position, 1826–1831
  • French-Viet Minh talks re, 1726, 1730, 1756–1757, 1762–1763, 1780–1782, 1786n
  • Geneva Conference on Indochina provisions for, 1856–1857
  • Guarantee of, 1792, 1798n, 1806, 1833, 1857
  • Ho Chi Minh démarche, 887–891, 892, 896–897, 898, 899, 900, 902, 914, 921, 922n, 933–934, 1122
  • Indian mediation, possible, 14, 939
  • Indonesian mediation, possible, 939
  • International conference, question of, 72, 201, 579, 642, 645, 666, 667, 668, 710n, 819, 826, 836, 890, 895, 902, 940, 946, 997, 998–999, 1009n, 1017n, 1021n, 1022, 1052
  • Korean political conference, possible introduction of Indochina at, 645, 661, 664–666, 668, 670–671, 678n, 709–710, 725–727, 736–737, 743, 848n, 851–852, 890–891
  • Laos, settlement in, 1821
  • Laotian position, 1764
  • Military situation, effect of, 275, 405, 546, 558, 667, 712, 737, 761, 851, 894–895, 897, 898, 933–934, 935, 938–939, 945–947, 955, 956, 973, 991–992, 1015, 1018, 1052, 1081, 1123, 1162
  • New Zealand position, 1188–1189, 1204–1205
  • Possible negotiations between:
    • France—China, People’s Republic of, 6–7, 12, 57, 73, 78, 82, 331, 618, 661, 665, 678n, 712, 819, 902
    • France–Ho Chi Minh, 4–6, 26, 38, 61, 67–68, 77–79, 80–81, 105–106, 137, 200–201, 207, 300, 301, 331, 544, 558, 579, 611, 632, 645, 665, 700, 854, 863, 888, 889–891, 896, 898, 911, 940, 991–992, 1150, 1153, 1175
    • France–U.S.S.R., 331, 618, 1305
    • France–Viet Minh, 26–27, 31, 38, 43, 57, 70–71, 72–74, 82, 85–86, 141, 153, 200–201, 207, 236, 275, 300, 331, 405, 584, 610, 612–613, 712, 763, 819, 856, 878, 897, 902, 914, 934–935, 937–938, 1015, 1046, 1073, 1097, 1098, 1131, 1162, 1171, 1192
    • Vietnam-Viet Minh, 545, 763, 900, 1192
  • Regroupment zones, 1819–1820
  • Soviet position, 14, 78, 82, 487, 544, 723, 764, 891, 1080
  • Thailand, effect on, 546
  • U.N. role, possible, 665, 670, 1175, 1176
  • U.S. military guarantee, question of, 1070, 1762, 1766–1768, 1774–1776, 1813, 1818, 1842n, 1845
  • U.S. position, 12–13, 71–74, 78–79, 81, 85–86, 125, 137, 140–141, 153, 200–201, 405, 532, 544–546, 558, 618, 640–642, 645, 647, 654, 664, 665, 666, 700, 717, 728, 737, 761, 762–766, 794, 811n, 819, 842n, 851, 864n, 889–890, 891n, 894–897, 898, 902, 911, 921–922, 930, 931, 933, 935, 945–947, 975, 1015, 1020–1023, 1027–1028, 1051, 1148, 1162, 1183–1184, 1188, 1202–1205, 1214–1215, 1785, 1797, 1823–1826, 1828–1829, 1832, 1841–1842, 1843–1846, 1849–1850, 1856
  • U.S. public opinion, 1015–1016, 1018
  • U.S.–U.K. Joint Study Group on Indochina, 1751, 1805–1806, 1818n, 1847–1850
  • Viet Minh position, 544–545, 1836
  • Vietnamese position, 26, 48, 61, 137, 236, 266, 558–559, 612–613, 856, 878, 891, 892–893, 896, 899, 900, 919, 931, 934–935, 1070, 1101, 1131, 1153–1154, 1543, 1816, 1847, 1853–1855
• Nehru, Pandit Jawaharlal, 100, 199, 213, 215, 220–221, 264–266, 1072–1073, 1077, 1097, 1098, 1194, 1266n, 1267–1268, 1317, 1344, 1406–1408, 1463, 1467, 1474, 1483, 1485, 1539, 1799, 2148, 2217, 2219, 2386
• New Zealand (see also Collective defense: ANZUS Pact and New Zealand subheadings under other subjects), 211, 237–239, 266, 283, 298–299, 319, 324–325, 362, 433–434, 789–791, 824, 873, 1196, 1203, 1204, 1231, 1234–1235, 1236, 1254–1255, 1284–1285, 1292, 1315, 1344
• Nghiem Van Tri, 188–189, 224–225, 287, 356, 448, 1947
• Ngo Dinh Diem (see also Diem government under Vietnam), 22, 167, 182, 553–554, 980, 1577
  • British attitude toward, 1752
  • Cessation of hostilities, 1727
  • French attitude toward, 1757n, 1787, 1864, 1880–1881, 1888, 1893, 1896–1897, 1978–1979, 2013, 2030, 2331, 2333, 2400, 2427
  • Geneva Conference on Indochina Agreements, 1861, 1863, 1872
  • Hinh, attitude toward, 1226, 1985, 2000, 2006, 2060, 2075, 2229, 2244–2245
  • Nationalist leader, 1681, 1757n, 1883, 2296, 2303–2304, 2352
  • Negotiated settlement in Indochina, 1762–1763, 1816–1817, 1842–1843, 1853–1855
  • Popularity of, 1992, 2005, 2029, 2035n, 2040, 2152, 2180, 2290, 2361–2362, 2396
  • Tonkin Delta, French withdrawal, 1762–1763, 1765, 1782, 1789, 1793–1794
  • U.S. assistance to Vietnam, 1696, 1737, 1763, 1783, 1793–1794, 1872–1873, 1876–1877
  • U.S. attitude toward, 1773, 1784n, 1873–1874, 1888, 1957, 1958, 1977–1980, 2221–2222, 2290, 2342
  • Viet Minh, attitude toward, 1843
  • Vietnam:
    • Elections, 1778, 1843
    • French Union membership, 553
    • Government, possible participation in, 136, 167, 862
    • Independence, 1978
    • Partition, 1842–1843, 1846, 1861, 1890
    • Refugees, evacuation from north, 1763, 1872–1873, 1922, 1933
• Ngo Dinh Luyen, 1608, 1727–1728, 1760–1761, 1987, 2002, 2106, 2118, 2152, 2244, 2302–2303, 2328, 2343, 2363, 2380, 2395
• Ngo Dinh Nhu, 1762–1763, 1782–1783, 2138, 2173, 2283, 2362, 2363
• Ngo Hou, 1799–1800, 2135
• Ngo Ngoc Doi, 1983
• Ngo Toc Dinh, 759
• Nguyen Dac Khe, 821, 978, 1214n, 1424–1425, 1609, 1975n
• Nguyen De, 17, 49, 167, 179, 189, 230, 275, 284–285, 286–287, 322, 374, 376, 412, 453, 455, 711–712, 833, 1069, 1209, 1477, 1544, 1576, 1608, 1719, 1737, 1942, 2116, 2328
• Nguyen de-Nguyen-xuan-Dung, 674, 677
• Nguyen Due Quynh, 2000, 2001
• Nguyen Duong Don, 1853–1855
• Nguyen Duy Quang, 453, 454
• Nguyen Huu Thuan, 1941, 2001, 2002, 2005
• Nguyen Huu Tri, 17, 22, 46, 97, 136, 167, 178, 182, 309–310, 317–318, 339–340, 359–360, 369, 383, 394, 410, 573, 596, 605, 606, 612–613, 655, 849, 850, 858, 862, 909, 934–935, 1001, 1031, 1048–1049, 1060, 1090, 1116–1117, 1127, 1130–1132, 1208, 1380–1381, 1477–1478, 1480, 1550–1552, 1568–1569, 1576, 1577, 1585–1586, 1613, 1645, 1646, 1686, 1697, 1720, 1729–1730, 1765–1766, 1773–1774
• Nguyen Huy Lai, 378
• Nguyen Phan Long, 227–228
• Nguyen Ngoc Tho, 2273
• Nguyen Quoc Dinh, 960n, 1609, 1686
• Nguyen Van Hinh, Gen., 371, 411, 420, 460, 1210, 1647, 1978, 2230
  • Appointment as Chief of Staff, 65
  • Bao Dai, attitude toward, 65, 1208, 1576
  • Buu Loc government, position in, 1342, 1460, 1480, 1519
  • Dictatorial ambitions, 1208, 1544, 1560–1561, 1598, 1818, 1843, 2020
  • Diem government, position in (see also under Vietnam: Diem government), 1696, 1737, 1985, 1987, 2000, 2020–2021, 2027–2028, 2029, 2031–2033, 2038, 2107
  • Dismissal as Chief of Staff, 2015–2016
  • French attitude toward, 2013, 2030, 2058, 2083, 2109, 2112, 2135n, 2136, 2205, 2266
  • Geneva Conference on Indochina Agreements, 1861
  • Military planning, Vietnamese participation, 353, 374, 395, 620, 909
  • U.S. assistance to Vietnam, 1876–1877, 2174
  • U.S. attitude toward, 65, 384, 1208–1209, 2024, 2181–2182, 2241, 2245
  • Vietnam:
    • Departure from, 2229, 2238–2241, 2257–2258, 2273n, 2327, 2400
    • National Army, 66, 166, 314, 395n, 654–655, 690, 850, 1031, 1048, 1049, 1152–1153, 1207, 2145–2146, 2163, 2238–2239, 2282, 2289
    • National unity, lack of, 1206–1207
    • Refugees, evacuation from north, 1952
    • Return to, question of, 2282–2283, 2302
    • Rice exports, 1207–1208
  • Vietnamese attitude toward, 1208–1209, 1544, 1615–1616, 1723–1724, 2208, 2219–2220, 2222
• Nguyen Van Tam (see also Tam government under Vietnam), 267, 270, 321, 582, 846, 1615
  • Bao Dai, relations with, 22, 322, 381–382, 412, 760, 795
  • British attitude toward, 2164, 2325
  • Diem government:
    • Opposition to, 1561, 2290, 2303
    • Participation in, question of, 1577, 1999, 2005, 2240n, 2272, 2273, 2282, 2394
  • French attitude toward, 62, 274, 322–323, 354, 406–407, 448, 862, 1697, 1888, 1897, 1920, 1949, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1997, 2008, 2013, 2026n, 2033, 2034–2036, 2040, 2072, 2083, 2180, 2208, 2232, 2304, 2376, 2403
  • Geneva Conference on Indochina, 1069–1070, 1126–1127
  • Navarre Plan, 800
  • Negotiated settlement in Indochina, 266, 919
  • Replacement as Prime Minister, 850, 889, 891–892, 898, 910, 914–915, 920n, 958, 960
  • U.S. assistance to Vietnam, 269, 392–393
  • U.S. attitude toward, 178–179, 181, 286, 292, 359, 369, 393, 504, 523, 573, 683, 795, 1773, 2352
  • Vietnam:
    • Budget, 219, 234–325, 355
    • Elections, 242, 318, 322–323, 355, 375, 381, 412, 504, 573, 578, 821, 919, 1126–1127
    • French Union membership, 828–830
    • Government corruption, 46, 219, 251, 274, 280–281, 1193
    • Independence, 577, 579, 607, 795, 821, 919
    • Land reform, 220, 235, 242, 281–282, 393, 409, 504, 573, 578
    • Militia, 45–46, 62
    • National Army, 219, 234–235, 281, 395n, 408–409
    • National Assembly, 242, 252, 282, 409, 412, 573, 578, 821, 849, 919, 1126–1127
    • National Congress, 759–760, 795–796, 821, 828–829, 834, 843
    • National Provisional Council, 235, 241–242, 251–252
    • Pacification program, 394, 410, 448
    • Political situation, 220, 251, 1544–1545
    • Rice exports, 577–578, 1208
    • Taxation, 219, 393, 409, 578
  • Vietnamese attitude toward, 177, 236–237, 310, 354–355, 554, 794–795, 1719, 1720, 1884, 1980, 2208
  • Visit to Washington, question of, 411, 578, 591–592, 691, 711, 760, 821, 892
• Nguyen Van Thoai, 1947, 2398, 2433
• Nguyen Van Ty, Gen., 1070, 2342, 2363, 2372, 2378, 2395, 2400, 2415, 2420
• Nguyen Van Vy, Gen., 850, 1615, 2015–2016, 2018, 2021, 2208, 2240, 2272, 2282, 2292, 2316–2317, 2342, 2363, 2372, 2378, 2395, 2400, 2420
• Nguyen Van Xuan, Gen., 1618, 1783, 1976, 2008, 2028, 2032, 2035, 2038, 2054–2055, 2060–2061, 2081, 2083, 2084, 2092, 2093, 2099, 2104, 2105n, 2106, 2116, 2120, 2126, 2127, 2128–2130, 2131, 2136, 2142n, 2145, 2150, 2178, 2190, 2238, 2290, 2303
• Nguyen Zuan Chu, 759
• Nhiek Tioulong, 218, 698, 864, 1300–1301, 1364–1365, 1582, 1674, 1955
• Nitze, Paul H., 82n, 141, 210, 212, 361, 464, 496–503
• Nixon, Richard M., 426–427, 475, 516, 546, 548, 780, 783, 787, 855–859, 864n, 875, 929–931, 947–954, 961, 963–964, 1013, 1015–1017, 1095, 1137, 1138, 1181, 1250–1266, 1326, 1346–1348, 1351, 1410n, 1411, 1414, 1434, 1443, 1444, 1447–1448, 1449, 1461n, 1463, 1488–1489, 1507–1509, 1587n, 1589–1590, 1662, 1803, 1839
• Nolting, Frederick E., Jr., 464, 496, 742, 750–751, 755, 884–885, 1743–1744, 1746, 2078, 2122, 2124–2125
• Nong Kimny, 426, 432, 433, 475, 476, 488–490, 618–619, 637–639, 674, 676–677, 1279–1280, 1338–1340, 1356–1357, 1405n, 1406n, 1805–1807
• Norodom Sihanouk, 25, 196–197, 205, 215–219, 284–285, 341, 347–348, 375, 475–477, 488–490, 520, 525, 530, 547, 548, 554, 597, 600, 609, 613, 614, 618–619, 631, 633, 653n, 657, 660, 677, 680, 682, 697–698, 705, 798, 860–861, 864–865, 957–959, 1300–1302, 1365, 1369, 1673–1674, 1799–1800, 1858, 1907, 2114–2115, 2300–2301, 2373, 2410n
• Norodom Sondeth, 215
• Norstad, Gen. Lauris, 960n, 967, 994, 995, 1218–1219, 1286, 1293, 1421n, 1553
• North Africa, 33, 95, 142, 227, 238, 244, 249, 350, 362, 377, 607, 730, 791, 902, 974, 1000, 1436
• North Atlantic Council:
  • Meetings, 39, 319–321, 1291n, 1351, 1361n, 1374, 2143n, 2147n, 2362n, 2385n, 2406
  • Resolution re Indochina (Dec. 17, 1952), 321n, 327, 342, 377, 660
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (see also under France: European defense commitments), 227, 241, 292, 328, 377, 387, 389–390, 516, 576–577, 591, 608, 616, 648, 650–651, 694, 696, 716, 927, 955, 970, 986, 989, 994, 995, 1003, 1309, 1313, 1319, 1323, 1437, 1640–1641, 1663–1664, 1688
• Noyes, Charles P., 141, 189, 197
• O’Conner, Roderic L., 455n, 479n, 550n, 592n, 669, 750, 983, 1174n, 1224n, 1466n
• O’Daniel, Lt. Gen. John W. (see also O’Daniel Missions), 1303, 1318, 1337, 1341–1342, 1348n, 1495, 1521, 1776–1777, 1793, 2224, 2320, 2373
  • Appointment as Chief of MAAG, Saigon, 953–954, 977, 982, 992–993, 1002, 1004, 1007, 1016, 1022, 1042, 1056–1057, 1059, 1062, 1072–1073, 1076–1077, 1087, 1091, 1119, 1120–1121, 1129, 1162n
  • Associated States independence, 684, 688
  • Dien Bien Phu, 1378, 1400, 1516–1518, 1734–1735
  • France:
    • Matériel, need for additional, 880–881
    • Partnership with United States in Indochina, 755, 756, 822, 880, 1003–1005, 1022
  • French attitude toward, 1022, 1029, 1062, 1073, 1076–1077, 1120–1121, 2334
  • French Expeditionary Corps, 2372
  • French Union troops, 466–467, 685–688
  • Geneva Conference on Indochina, 1734–1735
  • Military situation in Vietnam, 1611–1613, 1735–1738, 1794, 1850–1851
  • Navarre Plan, 624–626, 650, 683–689, 870–881
  • Unconventional warfare activities, 626, 1029
  • U.S. assistance to:
    • France in Indochina, 687–688, 1903–1904
    • Vietnam, 1647, 2375n
  • U.S. training of forces, 625–626, 685, 1358–1359, 1519, 1582–1583, 1599–1600, 1613, 1622, 1646–1647, 1674–1675, 1738–1741, 1752n, 1753–1754, 1873, 1883–1885, 1889–1900, 2157, 2174
  • Vietnam:
    • Government, 683–684, 2020, 2021n, 2038, 2041, 2076–2078, 2172–2174
    • National Army, 466–468, 686, 880, 1622, 2251, 2342, 2380, 2416
    • Refugees, evacuation from north, 1952, 1974
    • Situation in, 465–466, 1925–1927
• O’Daniel Missions:
  • June 20–July 10, 1953, 436, 462, 490–500, 570–571, 575–576, 603–604, 605–606, 616–617, 624–626, 629, 662, 683–686, 708, 715–716, 745
  • Nov. 6–15, 1953, 822, 876, 879–881, 903–913, 1032, 1037
• Offroy, Raymond, 93–94, 129–131, 137, 146, 190, 198, 266, 288, 329–330, 441, 511, 583–584, 629, 637n, 653, 706, 1457, 1458–1459
• Ogburn, Charlton, 329n, 762–766, 806n, 1553n, 1620–1621
• Operations Coordinating Board, U.S., 986, 1108–1109, 1113, 1114, 1115, 1866, 1924n, 2369–2375, 2392–2393, 2407–2409
• Ortoli, Vice Adm. Paul, 141
• Ourot Souvannavong, 299, 416, 674, 677–678, 932, 935–936, 1270–1280, 1338–1340, 2345–2346, 2413
• Pace, Frank, Jr., 117–118, 125–127, 141–144
• Paik Too Chin, 1013n
• Pak Chheoun, 217, 218
• Pakistan, 95, 866n, 867, 870, 871, 1344, 1463, 1476, 1574, 2370, 2386, 2409–2410
• Palmer, Joseph, 2d, 210
• Pandit, Madame, 726, 727, 1631
• Panikkar, Amb., 1370
• Parelman, Samuel T., 464
• Parker, Jameson, 1347n
• Parodi, Alexandre, 61, 157, 505, 722, 817, 847, 1328, 1553, 1620n, 1725, 1785–1786, 1819, 1826, 1964, 1966, 2176–2181
• Parthasarthi, Amb., 2093–2095, 2140–2141, 2276
• Partition. See under Vietnam.
• Partridge, Lt. Gen. Earle E., 648, 683, 1117, 1348–1349
• Pathet Lao, 533, 560, 597, 601, 1194, 1663, 1765, 1771, 1907, 1913, 1929, 1930, 2017, 2120, 2121, 2125, 2139, 2140, 2143, 2192, 2209, 2220, 2276–2277, 2298–2300, 2321–2322, 2336, 2345–2346, 2358–2359, 2413–2414
• Paul, Norman, 190, 198, 382, 440
• Peace Observation Commission. See under United Nations.
• Pearson Lester B., 551–552, 1277, 1278, 2258n, 2406–2407
• Pelletier, Pierre, 674, 761–762, 2143–2145
• Penn Nouth, 562n, 614, 698, 705–706, 798–800, 802–806, 807–809, 864–865, 1301, 1363–1365, 1634, 1673, 1792–1793, 1799–1800, 1859n, 1960, 1988, 2115, 2313–2314, 2410n
• Perkins, George W., 158, 210
• Persons, Maj. Gen. Wilton B., 517, 947, 1410n
• Petsarath, Prince, 1663, 1722, 2121n, 2143, 2192, 2298
• Pham Cong Tac, 759, 1479, 1945, 1980, 1984, 2170, 2361, 2364
• Pham Duy Khiem, 2406
• Pham Him Chuong, 835, 836, 1862
• Pham Van Binh, 110–111, 166, 178, 188, 251, 273, 280, 287
• Pham Van Dong, 1756, 1820, 1821, 1823, 1997, 2218, 2398
• Pham Van Giao, 22, 97, 167, 189, 236, 273, 280, 292, 1027, 1029, 1087, 1544, 1681, 1946, 2328
• Pham Van Hai, 64
• Pham Van Huyen, 961, 1049, 1577, 2222
• Pham Xuan Giai, 2014, 2015, 2078, 2229
• Phan Huy Quat, 586–588, 683–684, 829–830, 835, 849, 850, 960n, 978, 980, 1031, 1048, 1049, 1065, 1070, 1078, 1342, 1460, 1478, 1479–1480, 1519, 1560, 1576, 1577, 1608, 1647, 1674–1675, 1697, 1720, 1737, 2023, 2035, 2036, 2138, 2240n, 2272, 2274, 2281–2282, 2301–2302, 2317, 2325, 2326, 2327, 2342, 2351, 2360–2362, 2363–2365, 2371, 2375–2378, 2379, 2380, 2394, 2396–2398, 2400, 2403
• Phao, Gen., 533
• Phat Diem, 1078
• Phibun Pibulsonggram, Field Marshal, 196, 532–533
• Philippines (see also Philippine subheadings under other subjects), 99n, 182, 191, 193, 358, 575, 651, 717, 764, 866n, 867, 871, 872n, 883–884, 1046, 1203, 1344, 1799, 1884, 2230–2231, 2370
• Phillips, Vice Adm., 1611
• Phillips, Joseph B., 669, 1366
• Phillips, Capt. Richard H., 648, 683
• Phleger, Herman, 750, 1202n, 1366, 1766, 1768, 1819, 1826, 2156
• Phoui Sannanikone, 2017, 2121, 2336–2337, 2346
• Phuong, Gen., 1890, 1941, 1999, 2042, 2044, 2049, 2081, 2092, 2130, 2170, 2180, 2361, 2363, 2364, 2375–2376
• Piaster devaluation. See under Associated States.
• Pickering, John E., 287
• Picot, Georges, 476
• Pignon, Leon, 183, 1617
• Pillai, N. R., 1193–1194, 1266n, 1407–1408, 2216–2217
• Pinay, Antoine, 67n, 70, 157–166, 278, 301, 331, 855, 914
• Pineau, Christian, 104, 107
• Pleven, René, 4–6, 12, 20, 129, 158–166, 199, 201, 268n, 283–284, 331n, 378, 379, 483, 505, 507, 509, 581–582, 622n, 629, 643, 681, 738, 749n, 846, 941, 956–957, 967, 1012, 1026, 1038, 1042, 1044, 1049, 1060, 1064–1068, 1072, 1085, 1086, 1087–1088, 1092, 1096, 1106–1107, 1118, 1218–1219, 1292–1293, 1297–1298, 1352, 1358, 1378, 1397, 1421–1422, 1499
• Poc Thoun, 1792–1793, 1799–1800, 1858–1859, 1886–1888
• Poland, 2258n
• Poole, Richard A., 921n
• Popper, David H., 526n, 1021n, 1022n, 1174n, 1692
• Porter, I. F., 669
• Porter, Gen. R. W., 1463n, 1466
• Portugal, 320
• Pote Sarasin, 514–515, 555, 589, 639–640, 703–704, 932
• President’s Special Committee on Indochina, 981–982, 987, 988, 995, 1002–1007, 1016, 1037, 1041–1042, 1051–1052, 1108–1116, 1148
• Price, C. Hoyt, 190, 198
• Pridi, Phanomyong, 515, 720
• Priest, J. Percy, 1224–1225
• Purnell, Lewis M., 2066, 2086n, 2329n
• Pyun Yung Tai, 1012
• Quat. See Phan Huy Quat.
• Queuille, Henri, 157, 412, 622n
• Quynh. See Vu Van Huyen.
• Radford, Adm. Arthur W., 347, 434, 683, 752, 1038–1039, 1049n, 1083n, 1134, 1560n, 1563, 1747, 2399–2400
  • Atomic weapons, possible use, 1270–1272
  • Bilateral discussion of Indochina:
    • France–U.S., 1137–1144, 1675–1677
    • U.K.–U.S., 1386–1389
  • Cessation of hostilities, 1506–1511
  • China, People’s Republic of, aggression in Indochina, 238–239, 754, 785–786, 1118–1119, 1638–1639, 1642, 1647, 1648, 1658
  • Collective defense, 1167, 1231, 1234–1235, 1250–1265, 1285, 1367–1368, 1416–1417, 1434–1437, 1482, 1489
  • Collins Mission to Vietnam, 2198–2199
  • Dien Bien Phu, 948, 951, 952, 1142, 1143, 1159, 1170, 1201–1202, 1368, 1373, 1431–1432, 1492–1493, 1499
  • France:
    • Matériel, need for additional, 1140
    • Partnership with United States in Indochina, 755, 756, 950, 953, 1003–1005, 1006
    • Withdrawal from Indochina, 754, 987–988, 1151, 1499, 1677–1678
  • French Union troop reinforcement, 516, 522, 618, 687
  • Geneva Conference on Indochina, 1140, 1662, 1868
  • Internationalization of the Indochina conflict, 238, 325
  • Korea, Republic of, troops in Indochina, question of, 1054–1056, 1095, 1691, 1697
  • Military situation in Indochina, 384–385, 756, 1224–1225, 1233, 1305, 1324, 1369, 1437–1438, 1449, 1660–1661
  • Navarre Plan, 746, 785, 988, 989
  • Negotiated settlement in Indochina, 1839–1840
  • O’Daniel appointment as Chief of MAAG, 1119
  • President’s Special Committee on Indochina, 981, 988, 1108
  • Unconventional warfare activities, 756, 988–989, 1118, 1172, 1173
  • U.S. assistance to:
    • Prance in Indochina, 385–386, 516, 522, 629, 648, 754–755, 757, 784, 882–883, 954, 989, 1002–1004, 1007, 1019, 1037, 1118, 1140, 1145, 1151, 1158–1159, 1168, 1169–1170, 1286, 1317–1319, 1744–1747
    • Vietnam, 1477, 1869, 1963–1964, 2010
  • U.S. military intervention, question of, 385, 951, 953, 1005–1006, 1133–1134, 1159, 1160, 1170–1172, 1198–1199, 1211, 1220–1221, 1236–1237, 1241–1242, 1247–1248, 1396–1397, 1402, 1434, 1483, 1526–1527, 1532, 1590–1592, 1638–1639, 1648
  • U.S. training of forces:
    • Cambodia, 2107–2108, 2185, 2410, 2433–2434
    • Vietnam, 950, 1118, 1145, 1170–1171, 1779, 2107–2109, 2156–2158, 2404
  • Vietnam, situation in, 517, 1506, 1748, 1779, 2027, 2058
  • Visits to Indochina, 269n, 2410, 2414–2415
• Rankin, Karl L., 1174n
• Raphael-Leygues, Jacques, 1898, 1939–1940, 1979, 1980, 1984–1985, 2013
• Raynor, G. Hayden, 1284n
• Reading, Lord, 78
• Reynaud, Paul, 584, 622n, 630, 631–632, 635–637, 644, 653, 654, 665, 673, 674, 680, 693–695, 700, 889, 941, 1199, 1337–1338, 1800n
• Rhee, Syngman, 420, 631, 930, 1012, 1013n, 1014, 1054–1056, 1094, 1095, 1197, 1338, 1441, 1694, 1726
• Richards, James P., 807, 2313, 2403
• Ridgway, Gen. Matthew B., 25, 234, 241, 255, 500, 683, 686, 687, 688, 751, 756, 1117, 1137, 1164, 1169, 1172, 1173, 1198–1199, 1220–1221, 1250, 1269–1270, 1510, 1744, 1752n, 1943–1945, 2157
• Ringwalt, Arthur R., 210
• Risterucci, Jean, 215–219, 288, 347–348, 511, 614, 698, 805
• Rives, Lloyd M., 1662–1663, 1721–1722, 1811–1812, 1928–1931
• Roberts, Sir Frank, 669
• Roberts, Brig. Gen. Frank N., 157, 190, 429
• Robertson, Walter S., 496, 591n, 844n, 1049–1050, 1169, 1187n, 1386, 2322n, 2393
  • Bilateral discussion of Indochina:
    • France–U.S., 437–449, 1328, 2066, 2069, 2078–2080, 2107–2108, 2122–2126
    • U.K.–U.S., 1311–1315, 1319–1320
    • U.S.–Vietnam, 1384–1385
  • Cambodia, situation in, 475n
  • Collective defense, 1279–1280, 1311–1313, 1310–1320, 1328, 1338–1340, 1376
  • Collins Mission to Vietnam, 2198
  • Korea, Republic of, troops in Indochina, question of, 1012–1013
  • Korea, settlement in and relationship to Indochina, 556–557
  • Laos, invasion by Viet Minh, 514–515, 568n
  • Letourneau Plan, 440, 450n, 498, 501, 559
  • Navarre Plan, 683, 985–986
  • Negotiated settlement in Indochina, 557–559, 1725, 1744, 1766–1768
  • President’s Special Committee on Indochina, 1006
  • U.S. assistance to:
    • Associated States, 2171, 2176
    • Cambodia, 1747–1748
    • France in Indochina, 501–502, 538n, 559, 985–986
    • Vietnam, 2436–2437
  • U.S. military intervention, question of, 944n, 1118, 1144
  • U.S. training of forces, 2155, 2430
  • Vietnam, situation in, 1384–1385, 2157, 2350–2352, 2378–2379
• Rogers, Maj. Gen. Elmer J., 361
• Romulo, Gen. Carlos P., 1225, 1540
• Rosenson, Alexander M., 440, 442
• Ross, John C., 1630n
• Rosson, Lt. Col. William B., 1121, 1297, 2124
• Roux, Jacques, 61, 93, 330, 623, 634–635, 656, 669, 672, 674, 690, 890–891, 1328, 2056–2057, 2235, 2406, 2440
• Royère, Jean, 819, 2441
• Ruffner, Maj. Gen. Clark L., 496, 503, 648, 751, 755
• Rumbold, Sir Anthony, 1819, 1826
• Russell, Richard B., 806–807, 1224–1225, 1471
• Sabin, Adm. Lorenzo, 1973
• Sadoun, Roland, 1948
• St. Laurent, Louis S., 551, 2258
• Saint-Mleux, 2084, 2201n
• Sainteny, Jean, 78, 612, 1892n, 1936, 1948, 1976, 1981–1982, 1994–1995, 2071, 2127, 2147–2148, 2172, 2217–2218, 2248, 2296, 2305, 2324, 2352–2354, 2363
• Sainteny Mission. See under Vietnam, Democratic Republic of: France.
• Salan, Gen. Raoul, 18–19, 21–22, 34–35, 36, 40–42, 47, 62–63, 65, 104n, 141, 156, 222, 225–227, 232–233, 240–241, 255, 288, 291–292, 318, 322, 371–372, 385, 386–387, 390, 395n, 405, 411, 417–418, 420, 465–467, 491, 499, 501, 516, 520n, 522, 754, 1029, 1666, 1687, 1729, 1735, 1763, 1782, 2004–2005, 2026, 2042–2043, 2104, 2118
• Salisbury, The Marquess of, 667–668, 669–672
• Saltonstall, Leverett, 1023–1024, 1351, 1471
• Saltzman, Charles E., 1899
• Sam Nheang, 1301
• Sam Sary, 865
• Sarraut, Albert, 1975
• Sauvagnargues, Jean, 157, 669
• Savang Vatthana, 299–300, 415–416, 491, 492, 719–720, 923, 1060–1062, 1662–1663, 1721–1722, 1764–1765, 1770–1772, 2017–2018, 2121, 2139–2140, 2143, 2209–2210, 2299, 2337, 2346
• Schmukler, Sidney, 440
• Schoenbrun, David, 691
• Schoendorffer, Pierre, 2021–2023
• Schuman, Robert, 13–14, 67n, 161, 163, 165, 210–211, 212–213, 319, 324–325, 363–364, 855
• Schumann, Maurice, 157, 483, 544n, 610, 720, 725, 748–749, 851–852, 898, 983n, 990–991, 1013, 1092, 1282–1283, 1292–1293, 1328, 1352, 1394–1395, 1525, 1547, 1566–1568, 1580n, 1601–1602, 1628–1630, 1639n, 1640, 1642, 1671–1672, 1683–1684, 2057n
• Schweitzer, 190, 198
• Scott Robert Heatlie, 210, 1214, 1848
• Scott, Walter K., 750, 1365n, 1398n
• Selby, Richard R., 2066, 2078, 2122
• Selwyn Lloyd. See Lloyd, John Selwyn.
• Sen, Binay Ranjan, 213–215, 220
• Servan-Schreiber, Jean-Jacques, 531, 579, 690, 691
• Seydoux, Frangois, 669
• Seydoux, Roger, 429, 669, 674
• Shaw, John F., 440
• Shepherd, Gen. Lemuel C, Jr., 427, 683, 987, 1169, 1198–1199, 1223
• Short, Dewey, 1471
• Shuckburgh, Charles A. E., 158, 1386
• Sihanouk. See Norodom Sihanouk.
• Sim Var, 864
• Singapore Conference, May 1951, 2, 5, 8, 14–16
• Singkapo, 2336, 2414
• Singh, Gen. Sarda Nand, 1960–1961, 1988, 2094
• Sisavang Vong, 215, 490, 492, 677–678, 1060–1061, 1721
• Sisawath Monipong, 215, 218
• Sithowak Sirik Matak, 865
• Slim, Field Marshal Sir William, 15–16
• Smathers, George A., 1351
• Smedberg, Rear Adm. William R., 2066, 2078
• Smith, H. Alexander, 876–877, 898, 1347n, 1471–1477
• Smith, Rear Adm. H. P., 751
• Smith, Walter Bedell, 361, 1039, 1083n, 1214, 1231, 1444–1445
  • Associated States, situation in, 549, 1578, 1605n
  • Bilateral discussion of Indochina:
    • France–U.S., 2066, 2070–2071, 2078–2080, 2082–2083, 2095–2100, 2103
    • U.K.–U.S., 1214–1217, 1349–1350
  • Cessation of hostilities, 1418–1419
  • Collective defense, 1304–1307, 1325, 1349–1350, 1393–1394, 1403–1404, 1417–1419, 1442–1443, 1486, 1515, 1732
  • Congressional consultations, 1049n, 1059, 1224–1225, 1730–1733
  • Dien Bien Phu, 1365–1366
  • France:
    • Indochina policy, 563n, 1381–1383, 1666n, 1991–1993
    • Korean battalion, transfer to Indochina, 720–721
    • Partnership with United States in Indochina, 1004, 1671–1672
    • Vietnam, Democratic Republic of, relations with, 1950–1951
    • Withdrawal from Indochina, 1037–1038
  • Geneva Conference on Indochina, 1107n, 1326, 1432–1433, 1692, 1731–1734, 1795, 1828, 1830, 1834, 1837, 1843–1845, 1860–1861, 1865n
  • Geneva Conference on Korea, 1730–1731
  • Korea, Republic of, troops in Indochina, question of, 1055–1056, 1095
  • Korean political conference, possible introduction of Indochina at, 726, 743
  • Laos, invasion by Viet Minh, 568–569
  • Military situation in Indochina, 1017–1018, 1767
  • Navarre Plan, 742
  • Negotiated settlement in Indochina, 1725–1727, 1766, 1852–1853, 1856
  • O’Daniel appointment as Chief of MAAG, 1077n
  • President’s Special Committee on Indochina, 981–982, 1016, 1037, 1108–1109
  • U.N. role in Indochina, 1444, 1631, 1671, 1726
  • U.S. assistance to:
    • Associated States, 2011–2012, 2053–2054, 2097, 2171, 2170
    • France in Indochina, 725, 742, 750, 874n–875n, 876n, 1002–1004, 1006, 1025–1026
  • U.S. military intervention, question of, 1006, 1346–1347
  • U.S. training of forces in Cambodia, 2068
  • Vietnamese government, 2083, 2085–2086, 2109, 2110, 2112
• Son Ngoc Minh, 1195
• Son Ngoc Thanh, 96–97, 196, 216, 217–219, 245, 477, 525, 609, 808, 1907, 2300
• Son Sann, 1859
• Souphanouvong, Prince, 597, 1771, 2017–2018, 2298, 2336, 2414
• Soustelle, Jacques, 855
• Southeast Asia (see also under Collective defense; and Communist threat to under Cambodia; Laos; Vietnam):
  • Communist domination:
    • Consequences, 3, 15–16, 28–34, 58–60, 82–84, 107, 112, 237–239, 360, 361–362, 419, 519, 651, 717, 865–874, 971, 1146–1148, 1150, 1224, 1231, 1257, 1260–1261, 1276, 1292, 1315, 1329, 1344, 1362, 1437, 1463, 1607, 1674, 1697, 1774–1775, 1794, 2358, 2386
    • U.S. position, 28–29, 361–362, 612, 713, 714, 717, 797, 1051–1052, 1109–1110, 1159, 1172, 1182, 1183–1187, 1205–1206, 1212, 1260–1261, 1269, 1311–1313, 1408, 1413, 1465, 1768, 1774, 2386
  • Indochina, strategic importance of, 29, 30, 58, 83–84, 111–112, 115, 118, 149, 158, 160–161, 237, 265, 311, 335, 473–474, 534–535, 612, 641n, 649, 713, 717, 730, 747, 782, 789, 865–874, 930, 962, 972, 975, 981, 1005, 1051, 1109–1110, 1135, 1146–1148, 1150, 1160, 1222, 1280–1281, 1321, 1342, 1389, 1539, 1625
  • Strategic commodities source, 30, 83–84, 651, 693, 717, 866n, 867n, 872n, 1147, 1302, 1315, 1344
  • Tripartite (France–U.K.–U.S.) declaration on aims, proposed, 130, 183, 298, 335, 350, 366
• Southeast Asia Treaty Organization.
• See under Collective defense. Souvanna Phouma, 533n, 719, 820–821, 920–921, 923, 932, 935, 1060–1062, 1078–1079, 1662–1663, 1720–1721, 1764–1765, 2017–2018, 2120–2121, 2220, 2276–2277, 2337
• Soviet Union. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
• Special Estimates:
  • SE 52 (Nov. 16, 1953), 865–874
  • SE 53 (Dec, 18, 1953), 924–929
• Special National Intelligence Estimates:
  • SNIE 63–2–54 (June 9, 1954), 1680n
  • SNIE 10–4–54 (June 15, 1954), 1702–1709
  • SNIE 63–6–54 (Sept. 15, 1954), 2028–2030
• Special Technical and Economic Mission, U.S., in Cambodia, 916–917, 959
• Special Technical and Economic Mission, U.S., in Saigon, 63–65, 132–134, 187, 258, 282, 301–303, 339–340, 344–346, 378–381, 392–394, 398–400, 445, 1048, 1127
• Spender, Sir Percy, 789n, 1204, 1205, 1231–1235, 1304–1307
• Sprouse, Philip D., 93, 98, 158, 413n, 442, 731
• Spruance, Raymond A., 2230–2231
• Sri Lanka. See Ceylon.
• Staats, Elmer, 1109n
• Stalin, Iosif Vissarionovich, 14, 551, 675
• Standard Vacuum Oil Company, 852–853
• Stansbury, Edward, 2224
• Stanton, Edwin F., 506, 532–533
• Stassen, Harold E., 361–362, 377–378, 429–435, 483–486, 505–510, 515, 543, 656–667, 669–672, 750, 751, 784–785, 786, 787, 947, 952, 986, 1016, 1038, 1062n, 1064–1067, 1093–1094, 1109n, 1133, 1166, 1167, 1202n, 1245–1246, 1250–1265, 1438–1441, 1444, 1449, 1463–1466, 1476, 1497, 1717, 1870, 1922, 2064, 2066–2070, 2078–2080, 2096–2097, 2117, 2144, 2181, 2228, 2284n, 2387–2390, 2436
• Stehlin, Maj. Gen. Paul, 1778–1780
• Stein, Eric, 468, 470, 526n, 543n, 1174n, 1345n, 1356n, 1630n
• Stelle, Charles C., 82n, 124n, 144n, 150n, 189, 198, 382, 496, 648, 683, 751, 767n, 1041, 1117, 1146–1148, 1169, 1195–1198, 1741–1743, 1748n, 1766, 2066
• Stennis, John C, 1007, 1035, 1106, 1266
• Stevens, Robert T., 427
• Stevenson, Adlai E., 453–455, 681, 693, 694
• Stone, Walker, 1204
• Storey, Lt. Col. Robert, 413n
• Strang, Sir William, 210
• Streibert, Theodore C., 922, 1016, 1109n
• Stump, Adm. Felix, 1611–1613, 1973
• Sturm, Paul J., 75–77, 93, 109, 177–179, 188–189, 268–270, 339–340, 529n, 612, 692–693, 916n, 935, 1075, 1340–1341, 1538–1540, 1562, 1578, 1692, 1752n, 1766, 1772, 1874–1876, 1888n, 2143–2145, 2149n, 2181–2182, 2196n
• Sullivan, Charles A., 1169, 1376, 2066, 2078
• Summerfield, Arthur, 1134
• Symington, Stuart, 1096–1097, 1266
• Suydam, Henry, 1224n
• Taber, John, 786, 1042
• Taiwan. See China, Republic of.
• Talbot, 2139n, 2140
• Talbott, Harold E., 953
• Tam See Nguyen Van Tam.
• Tan Ham Nghiep, 1087
• Tannenwald, Theodore, Jr., 190, 305–308, 382
• Tannhauser, John U., 852
• Tate, Lt. Gen. Robert F., 1169
• Taylor, Gen. Maxwell D., 2195
• Taylor, Paul B., 468, 470
• Teitgen, Pierre-Henri, 622n
• Templer, Gen. Sir Gerald, 130, 137, 930, 1489
• Tep Phan, 1887
• Tézenas du Montcel, Robert, 60–61, 190, 198, 413n, 420, 429, 441, 636, 674
• Thacher, Nicholas G., 1217n, 1315–1317
• Thai, Col., 2061, 2145, 2355, 2377
• Thailand (see also Viet Minh: Threat to Thailand and Burma and Thai subheadings under other subjects), 21, 30, 83, 367, 398, 491, 506, 514–515, 517, 532–533, 549, 561, 588–589, 594, 609, 613, 639–640, 643, 764, 765, 867, 868, 871, 932, 982, 1195, 1198, 1203, 1292, 1329, 1363, 1367, 1393–1394, 1434, 1563, 1603, 1630–1634, 1635–1636, 1649, 1799, 2121, 2143, 2144, 2192, 2312, 2382–2385
• Thanat Khoman, 1630, 1632–1633
• Thomas, Lt. Gen. Gerald C., 1117
• Thomson, David R., 415–416, 492, 533n
• Thorez, Maurice, 453–454
• Thye, Edward J., 899
• Timmons, Lane, 730, 736, 749n, 2078, 2387
• Tobler, John, 36, 40, 64
• Tomlinson, F. S., 71–72, 669, 672
• Tonkin Delta (see also Vietnam: Military situation):
  • Civilian evacuation, 73, 165, 976, 987–988, 1065, 1068–1069, 1085, 1498, 1718, 1730, 1747, 1763, 1770, 1772–1773, 1777, 1782–1783, 1840, 1862, 1872
  • French military withdrawal from, 11, 26, 38–39, 41–44, 46–48, 55, 59, 68, 71, 73, 108, 140, 160, 171–172, 204, 313, 976, 987–988, 1498–1499, 1762–1763, 1767, 1776–1777, 1780, 1782–1784, 1786n, 1794, 1816–1817, 1840n, 1856, 1864
  • French regrouping of forces in, 1636–1639, 1778–1790
  • Situation in, 171–172, 173, 270–271, 311–312, 323, 325–326, 338, 594–595, 1001, 1253, 1505–1506, 1548, 1550, 1589, 1623, 1646, 1660–1661, 1689, 1735–1736
  • Strategic importance, 112, 115, 174, 312, 313, 972, 975, 1005, 1008, 1009–1010, 1027, 1068, 1146, 1661–1662, 1696, 1714, 1718, 1721, 1730, 1733, 1779
  • U.S. recovery of matériel from, 2281
  • Viet Minh operations in, 11, 40, 43, 47, 56, 160, 208–210, 247, 367–368, 643, 738, 801, 820, 830, 860, 899, 906, 907, 917, 933, 965–966, 1008, 1009, 1011, 1089–1090, 1108, 1732, 1733
• Tran Duy Hung, 2323
• Tran Trong Kim, 830, 835, 843
• Tran Van An, 835, 1940, 1984, 1995n, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005
• Tran Van Chuong, 1840n, 1854, 1897, 1941–1942, 2026–2027, 2111, 2207–2208, 2334, 2346–2348
• Tran Van Chuong, Madame, 1941–1942
• Tran Van Do, 1816, 1861, 1923, 1932, 1945, 1984, 1997, 2001–2002, 2006, 2021, 2027, 2032n, 2042, 2113, 2131, 2229, 2272–2274, 2396
• Tran Van Dung, 1850–1851, 1862
• Tran Van Huu, 11, 12, 16–18, 26–27, 36, 45, 46, 48, 49, 64, 65, 66n, 72, 82, 135–137, 167, 169n, 177, 205, 236, 293, 310, 341, 960, 1100–1101, 1561, 1577, 1615, 1618, 1686, 1697, 1720, 1884, 1888, 1897, 1935–1936, 1979, 1983–1984, 1986, 1989, 1996, 1997, 2008, 2013, 2036, 2083, 2303, 2328, 2403
• Tran Van Kha, 426, 432, 433, 1014, 1279–1280, 1338–1340, 1685, 1710n
• Tran Van Lam, 2036, 2273
• Tran Van Ly, 166, 2273
• Tran Van Que, 236
• Tran Van Soai, Gen., 1724, 1984, 1989, 2039, 2042, 2044, 2092, 2130, 2170, 2361, 2363, 2364, 2375–2376
• Tran Van Tuyen, 978, 1932
• Trapnell, Brig. Gen. Thomas J. H., 227, 234, 304, 308, 314, 327–328, 359, 382–384, 386n, 388, 390, 397, 450, 451–452, 462, 474, 480, 499, 503, 575, 583, 604, 605, 685, 688, 738, 803, 806n, 875, 896, 919n, 930, 931n, 938, 943, 950–951, 991, 993, 1004, 1039, 1047, 1056–1057, 1065, 1072, 1124, 1125–1126, 1137, 1297, 1304, 1318, 1525n, 1527, 1529, 1570, 1621–1624, 1635, 1636–1639, 1641–1642
• Treaties, conventions, agreements, etc.:
  • Agreement for Mutual Defense Assistance in Indochina between the United States of America, and Cambodia, France, Laos, and Vietnam, Dec. 23, 1950, 804–805, 957–958, 1494, 1511n, 1959
  • American-French Memorandum of Understanding, Feb. 25, 1952, 39
  • Baie d’Along Agreement, June 5, 1948, 574, 846
  • European Defense Community Treaty, May 27, 1951, 158
  • France–China Treaty, 1946, 657
  • French-Cambodian accords, Nov. 8, 1953, 860n, 861n
  • French-Cambodian provisional agreement, May 9, 1953, 562n
  • French-Cambodian Treaty, Nov. 8, 1949, 489
  • French-Laotian Treaty of Friendship, Oct. 22, 1953, 844, 846, 847, 920, 923, 1337
  • French-Vietnamese accords, Mar. 8, 1949, 19, 27, 30, 52, 99, 128, 130–131, 138, 169, 193–194, 198, 199, 206, 262, 264, 328, 346, 358, 370, 393, 403–404, 407–408, 412, 430, 523, 607, 621–622, 623, 892, 915
  • French-Vietnamese secret defense treaty, 2436
  • French-Vietnamese Treaty of Association, Apr. 28, 1954, 898, 1155, 1424n, 1540, 1880, 1893
  • French-Vietnamese Treaty of Independence, Apr. 28, 1954, 1155, 1424n, 1540, 1619, 1880
  • Geneva Conference on Indochina Agreements, July 20, 1954 (see under Geneva Conference on Indochina)
  • Korean Armistice Agreement, July 27, 1953, 705
  • Pau Accords, Nov. 27, 1950, 30, 92, 99, 106, 128, 138, 206, 344, 346, 358, 441, 446, 563, 719
  • Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty, Sept. 8, 1954 (see under Collective defense)
  • Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance between the U.S.S.R. and the People’s Republic of China, Feb. 14, 1950, 91, 927, 1388, 1625, 1705
  • U.S.–French Supplementary Aid Agreement on Indochina, Sept. 29, 1953, 812–819, 1520–1521, 1739–1740
• Trinh Minh The, Col., 96–97, 1980, 2173, 2174, 2290, 2293
• Truesdell, Maj. Gen. Karl, Jr., 2198
• Trulock, Walter N., 669
• Truman, Harry S., 5, 19–20, 144–145, 154
• Truong Vinh Tong, 287
• Tunisia, 168, 180, 275, 1404, 1605
• Tuttle, Elbert P., 780, 784
• Twining, Gen. Nathan F., 141, 361, 683, 687, 751, 989, 1055, 1117, 1151, 1169, 1198–1199, 1222, 1262
• Tyler, William R., 1142, 1157, 1178n, 1279, 1618–1620, 1678n, 1692, 1766, 1780n, 1888n, 1951n, 1991–1993, 2186, 2193n
• Tyson, Leonard S., 440, 2349n, 2432n
• Ung An, 978, 1984
• Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (see also Soviet subheadings under other subjects), 255, 320, 670, 727, 932
  • European Defense Community, French ratification, 1013
  • Indochina policy, 29, 32, 58, 201, 207, 211, 289, 360, 560, 602, 611–612, 675, 809, 969, 1014, 1037, 1310, 1344, 1388–1389, 1636, 1822
  • Intervention in Indochina, possible, 154, 211, 1704–1709, 1714
  • United Nations, appeals to, position on, 491, 512, 526, 527, 539
  • War, willingness to risk (see War, global)
• United Action. See Collective defense.
• United Kingdom (see also British and tripartite subheadings under other subjects), 221–222, 902
  • Atomic attack, fear of, 1433, 1437
  • British Defense Coordination Committee, Far East, 67–69
  • Military intervention in Indochina, joint with United States, question of, 1386–1391, 1395, 1417–1419, 1423, 1436–1437, 1458–1459, 1470, 1525–1526
  • United Nations, appeals to, position on, 505, 557, 670
  • U.S. efforts to enlist assistance for Indochina, 1187, 1188, 1202–1205, 1215–1216, 1217, 1256, 1309, 1311–1313, 1319–1320, 1322–1323, 1584
• United Nations (see also U.N. subheadings under other subjects):
  • Admission of:
    • China, People’s Republic of, 727, 1180–1181, 1226
    • Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia. Democratic Republic of Vietnam, 254–255, 261, 320, 328, 370, 472, 883
  • Appeals re Indochina, 1827, 1838, 1852n
    • Associated States, 948–949
    • Cambodian, 613, 1356–1357, 1364, 1366, 1444, 1692–1693, 1806
    • French, 4, 6, 8–9, 12–13, 17–18, 31, 106, 120, 122, 126, 469–470, 524, 574, 588–589, 651, 665, 670, 764, 766, 825, 948–949, 975–976, 1174–1177
    • Indian, 14, 868
    • Laotian, 469–472, 491–492, 505–506, 507, 512–513, 524, 526–529, 530, 533, 535, 538–539, 543–544, 552, 557, 560, 695, 933, 1692
    • Thai, 555–556, 568–569, 588–590, 610, 613, 614, 640, 703–704, 933, 934, 1630–1634, 1635–1636, 1658–1659, 1663, 1671, 1726, 2144
    • Vietnamese, 1709–1710
  • Military intervention in Indochina, question of:
    • British position, 20n, 163–164, 1216
    • French position, 70, 131, 164, 651, 894, 895, 1165, 1196
    • Soviet position, 491, 1175, 1216
    • U.S. position, 616, 646, 651–652, 1186, 1216
  • Peace Observation Commission in Indochina, 469, 552, 588, 589, 668, 1166, 1174–1175, 1315, 1529, 1555–1557, 1570, 1631, 1635–1636, 1663
  • Role in settlement of conflict, possible, 12–13, 122, 541–542, 925, 1174–1177, 1184, 1186, 1235, 1277, 1278, 1281, 1284, 1315, 1321, 1345–1346, 1426–1427, 1469, 1485, 1529, 1555–1557, 1572, 1603, 1792
  • Trusteeship Council, 1175
  • Uniting for Peace resolution, 470, 588, 1235, 1278, 1345–1346, 1557, 1631, 1692
• U.S. assistance to France in Indochina (see also U.S. support under French Expeditionary Corps; Letourneau Plan; Navarre Plan):
  • Assignment of U.S. officer in Saigon to approve, 953–954, 977, 982, 992–993, 1002, 1004, 1007, 1016, 1022
  • Bilateral (France–U.S.) workinglevel group, 318, 324, 332–336, 348–352, 363–564, 391–392, 413–414, 771n
  • Civilian pilots (see Civil Air Transport)
  • Conditions, 168, 181, 362–363, 402, 405, 473–474, 480, 495, 501–502, 504, 508n, 517–518, 585, 756–757, 922–923, 953, 989, 995, 1004, 1025, 1110, 1472
  • Congressional approval, 123, 129, 145, 146, 152, 162, 202–203, 279, 283, 417, 424, 428, 629, 646, 700, 707, 750, 751, 755, 784, 885, 1016, 1023, 1066, 1870, 1958–1959
  • Direct to Associated States, question of, 142, 169, 336, 393, 426, 447, 463, 694, 696–697, 839n, 957–958, 1082, 1113, 1301–1302, 1405–1406, 1739, 1800, 1870, 1876–1877, 1882–1883, 1903–1904, 1944, 1953, 1957–1959, 1963–1964, 1967, 1969, 1982, 2053–2054, 2063, 2065, 2098, 2099, 2135, 2139–2140, 2209, 2275, 2321–2322, 2338–2340, 2345–2346, 2357–2359, 2392–2393, 2414
  • Financial, 3, 25, 33–34, 39, 78, 87–88, 89, 127–128, 158, 162, 180–181, 183, 184–187, 202–204, 279–280, 282–283, 364, 370–371, 400–402, 406, 424, 480–481, 542–543, 574, 616, 632, 641, 645, 648, 660, 663, 694, 697, 700, 707, 713–714, 727, 728–729, 736, 738, 747, 749, 750–751, 832, 845, 884–885, 918, 945, 971, 981–982, 1074, 1111–1112, 1277, 1733, 1819n, 1891, 2067–2070, 2225–2228, 2283–2284, 2387–2388
  • French attitude toward, 12, 109–110, 130, 156, 159, 160, 168, 183, 192, 198–199, 206–207, 279n, 295, 301, 313, 345, 371, 564, 580, 740, 822, 837, 863, 877, 901, 922n, 954, 998, 1059, 1065, 1066, 1067, 1082, 1087, 1091, 1096, 1173, 1190, 2283
  • French capacity to utilize, 343, 517, 688, 1111, 1145, 1151, 1168, 1170
  • French requests, 21, 70, 164, 175, 181, 184–185, 202, 207–208, 230–231, 319, 323–324, 332, 334, 349, 351–352, 363–364, 372, 373, 377, 389, 413–414, 416–417, 432, 434, 480n, 516, 518, 856, 857n, 918–919, 939, 942–943, 956, 959–960, 966–967, 983–985, 989, 990–991, 998, 1002, 1009, 1019–1020, 1034, 1140, 1145, 1158–1159, 1169–1170, 1219, 1236–1238, 1248, 1262, 1268–1269, 1274–1275, 1286, 1303–1304, 1372–1373, 1421n, 1422, 1429, 1461n, 1462, 1494–1495, 1499–1500, 1663–1664, 2267, 2308
  • French troop transport, 297, 509, 629, 648, 696, 1219, 1229, 1237–1238, 1266n, 1267, 1293, 1325, 1357, 1569, 1779–1780, 1855
  • French withdrawal, to prevent, 1, 32–34, 62, 78, 85–86, 127–129, 184, 279, 532, 534–535, 580, 647–648, 702–703, 708, 709, 712, 713–714, 753, 756–757, 769, 783, 894–895
  • Loans:
    • Air Force mechanics, 230, 308–309, 312–313, 314–316, 317, 388, 512, 513–514, 518, 875n, 937–938, 944, 952, 956, 960, 966–967, 968, 984–986, 989, 994, 996–997, 1002–1004, 1007, 1012, 1019n, 1027, 1031–1032, 1037, 1046, 1051, 1056, 1106, 1111, 1118, 1125–1126, 1322, 1413, 1587
    • Air Force pilots, 512, 937–938, 952, 960n, 967, 996n
    • Matériel, 230–231, 240–241, 250, 255, 271, 315, 317, 372, 384, 385–386, 387–388, 389–390, 414, 422–423, 424–425, 512, 514, 516, 518, 519, 522, 560, 580, 608–609, 663, 755, 874–876, 881, 882–883, 887, 902, 937–938, 939, 942–944, 951, 953, 956, 960n, 967–968, 983–985, 989, 994, 995, 996, 1002–1004, 1007, 1011–1012, 1019n, 1037, 1051, 1118, 1159, 1168
  • Military, 3, 4, 10–12, 15, 21, 32–34, 39, 56, 74, 78, 81, 85, 87–89, 123, 127, 148, 156–157, 158, 170, 175, 180–181, 207–208, 211, 214–215, 230–232, 234, 250, 255, 271–272, 282, 296–297, 307–308, 332–336, 342–343, 351–352, 383, 422, 424, 480–481, 542, 559, 564, 595, 605, 616, 645, 646, 663, 716, 832, 880–881, 918–919, 971, 981–982, 994, 1277, 1285–1286, 1294, 1303–1304, 1327, 1328, 1332, 1337, 1449, 1494, 1570, 1669–1670, 1819n, 2096
  • Military advisers, 564, 565–566, 969, 970, 1032, 1112
  • Military Assistance Advisory Group (see also under Vietnam: U.S. assistance), 250, 389n, 1754
  • Military Defense Assistance Program, 66, 142, 156, 173, 244, 245, 282–283, 343–344, 345–347, 379, 383, 402, 461, 495, 501, 970, 986, 1066, 1111–1112, 1494, 1743–1744, 2067, 2087
  • Public opinion, 187, 192, 489–490, 1175
  • Recovery of matériel, 1018, 1173, 1477, 1744–1747, 1755, 1761, 1798n, 2086, 2256, 2280–2281, 2320, 2353, 2371
  • Spare parts, 208, 385–386, 984, 1006, 1145, 1169–1170
  • Suspension of matériel shipments, 1866, 1868, 1873, 1879
  • Training of forces (see also U.S. training of forces), 118, 143, 211, 335, 358, 362, 365, 420–421, 430–431, 473, 474, 484–485, 498–499, 625, 626, 644, 686, 857n, 880, 950, 982, 994, 1005, 1007, 1025–1026, 1112, 1113, 1114, 1118, 1120, 1145, 1151, 1159, 1161–1162, 1170–1171, 1173, 1188, 1204, 1222, 1607, 1938
• U.S. Information Agency, 858, 922, 1115, 1116, 1136
• U.S. information program in Indochina, 256–259, 969–970, 986, 1016, 1048, 1082, 1114–1115
• U.S. Information Service, Saigon, 258, 259, 850, 921, 954, 1016, 1048, 1102n
• U.S. military intervention in Indochina, question of (see also U.S. military participation under Collective defense and under Internationalization of the Indochina conflict; and U.S. military support under Negotiated settlement in Indochina), 1151, 1440, 1620–1621, 1678
  • Air and naval forces, 97, 114, 117, 125, 143, 153–154, 163, 208, 211, 385, 615–616, 618, 663, 928, 940, 976, 1003, 1024, 1096, 1198, 1202n, 1212, 1217, 1220, 1221–1222, 1223, 1228, 1433, 1568, 1570, 1585, 1592, 1625, 1703
  • As “trump card” at Geneva Conference, 1096, 1106, 1191–1192, 1199, 1579–1580, 1711
  • Associated States position, 867–868, 873
  • Australian position, 873
  • British position, 867, 873
  • Burmese position, 868, 873
  • Ceylonese position, 868, 874
  • China, People’s Republic of, position (see also China, People’s Republic of: Aggression in Indochina), 86–87, 88–89, 114, 117, 239, 549, 641, 762, 763, 873, 924–929, 973, 1028, 1183, 1185–1186, 1591, 1621, 1625, 1652–1657, 1703–1704
  • China, Republic of, position, 867, 872, 1174n
  • Command structure for, 1110, 1141–1142, 1143–1144, 1160, 1183, 1184, 1222, 1590–1592, 1607, 1626, 1643
  • Conditions (see also French conditions, below), 951, 952, 1183–1186, 1211, 1220–1221, 1222, 1225, 1242, 1246–1247, 1250–1265, 1270, 1318–1319, 1346n, 1390, 1434, 1442, 1446, 1464, 1484, 1485, 1497, 1508–1509, 1513–1514, 1527–1528, 1532–1533, 1534–1536, 1567, 1576, 1590–1592, 1603–1604, 1641, 1644, 1659, 1671–1672, 1676n, 1697, 1712, 1728, 1736, 1754–1755, 1774–1775, 1919, 2167–2168
  • Congressional attitude, 765, 794, 939–940, 1007, 1023–1024, 1031, 1035, 1106, 1165–1166, 1202n, 1210–1212, 1224–1225, 1227, 1230, 1254, 1351, 1390, 1439, 1584–1585
  • Consequences, 126, 292, 872–874, 927, 944–945, 1183–1186, 1220, 1222, 1404–1405, 1440, 1441, 1533–1534, 1535, 1693–1694
  • French conditions, 1593, 1602, 1603–1604, 1643–1644, 1671, 1675–1677, 1684–1685, 1710–1711, 1712
  • French position, 131, 185, 940–941, 1028, 1045, 1048, 1134, 1166, 1173, 1196, 1204, 1294–1295, 1318, 1352–1353, 1398, 1532, 1559–1560, 1569, 1693, 2248–2249
  • French requests for, 85, 894–895, 941, 949, 951, 1134, 1159, 1190, 1221, 1222, 1236–1238, 1247–1248, 1249, 1268–1269, 1272–1273, 1304, 1361–1362, 1397, 1398–1399, 1401, 1402, 1421n, 1435, 1473–1474, 1483–1484, 1567–1568, 1580, 1589, 1640, 1915
  • French–U.S. military discussions, 1629, 1630n, 1638
  • Ground forces, 25, 35, 86–89, 94, 97, 114, 117, 128, 131, 143, 154, 163, 185, 211, 239, 297, 298, 305, 538, 615, 641, 649–650, 654, 730, 762, 763, 765, 794, 873, 924–929, 939–941, 949, 951–952, 964, 968, 1003, 1005–1006, 1023–1024, 1028, 1031, 1045, 1059, 1111, 1134, 1159, 1164–1165, 1174n, 1183–1187, 1202n, 1204, 1220–1223, 1236, 1412, 1414, 1445, 1462, 1464, 1534
  • Indian position, 868, 873
  • Indonesian position, 868, 873–874
  • Japanese position, 867, 1058–1059
  • Korea, Republic of, position, 867, 873
  • Long-term commitment, possibility of, 650, 928, 945
  • Marines, 650, 651, 1583, 1593, 1594, 1603, 1623, 1672, 1676, 1682
  • New Zealand position, 873
  • Pakistani position, 867, 874
  • Philippine position, 867, 873
  • Public opinion, 765, 794, 912, 926, 941, 945, 1443, 1449
  • Soviet position, 925, 926–929
  • Thai position, 868, 874
  • Token force, 1592, 1606–1607, 1625, 1626
  • Unilateral, 3, 13, 80–87, 88–89, 186, 763, 952, 976, 1116, 1150, 1183–1184, 1227, 1253, 1266, 1337, 1377, 1411, 1448, 1449, 1468, 1469, 1488, 1576, 1583, 1639n, 1648, 1775
  • U.N. position, 3, 85, 616, 872, 874, 926, 975, 976, 1165, 1166, 1184, 1186, 1196, 1212
  • Vietnamese position, 912, 926, 949, 1102, 1165, 1167, 1646, 1760–1761
  • Volunteer air group, 953, 969, 986, 988, 992, 1111, 1113, 1490–1491
  • “White Paper” on Indochina, 1898–1899, 1914, 1915–1920, 1927–1928, 1933–1934, 1976–1977
• U.S. objectives in Indochina, 28–29, 87, 103, 120, 126–127, 192, 256, 265, 651, 763, 912–913, 973, 1110, 1269–1270, 1292, 1376–1377, 1748–1751, 2062–2063, 2185, 2412–2413, 2419–2420
• U.S. training of forces (see also Training of forces under U.S. assistance to France in Indochina):
  • Associated States, 118, 123, 142–143, 148, 152, 187, 625–626, 685, 950–951, 970, 1120, 1184, 1185, 1297, 1307, 1613, 1938–1939, 1943–1945, 1954–1956, 2088–2091
  • Cambodia, 1582–1583, 1738, 1739, 1747–1748, 1800, 1879, 1956, 1968, 1993, 2053, 2063, 2068, 2089, 2107–2108, 2154, 2329, 2412, 2433–2434
  • Vietnam:
    • Agreement with, 2381, 2394
    • Ely–Collins memorandum of understanding, 2254, 2260, 2306, 2362, 2364, 2366–2369, 2370, 2412, 2418, 2420, 2425, 2426–2427, 2429, 2430, 2435, 2440–2441
    • French position, 358, 383, 931, 949–950, 1159, 1161–1162, 1170, 1303, 1359, 1519, 1582, 1674–1675, 1684–1685, 1761–1762, 1791, 1794, 1967, 1982, 1992, 2255, 2259–2261, 2271, 2306–2307, 2426–2428, 2430, 2435
    • MAAG role, 982, 1112, 1161, 1600, 1739, 1753–1754, 2088, 2133, 2146–2147, 2151, 2159, 2165, 2177, 2181, 2184, 2214, 2254, 2260–2261, 2316, 2320, 2342, 2425, 2428
    • U.S. position, 139, 143, 315–316, 880, 1144, 1145, 1158, 1171, 1318, 1358–1359, 1520, 1574–1575, 1582–1583, 1613, 1625–1626, 1646–1647, 1684–1685, 1738, 1752, 1753, 1967–1968, 2053, 2108, 2132–2135, 2146–2147, 2234, 2253–2254, 2269–2271, 2369, 2386
    • Vietnamese position, 1738, 1752n, 1753, 1883–1885, 1889–1890, 1923, 1967
• Uri, Pierre, 75
• Valeo, Francis J., 1538
• Vails, Andre, 63, 445
• Valluy, Gen. Jean E., 522, 550–551, 561, 567, 882–883, 1002, 1007n, 1019, 1118, 1133–1134, 1137, 1141, 1142, 1247–1248, 1285–1286, 1304, 1593, 1638, 1641, 1660–1661, 1672, 1677, 1714, 1778–1780
• Van, Gen., 1850, 1862, 2016
• Van Fleet, Gen. James A., 143, 982, 1521, 1559, 1560n, 1569
• Van Hollen, Christopher, 190, 198
• Vandenberg, Gen. Hoyt S., 427, 496–502, 517–519, 537
• Vargas, Gen. Jesus, 2231
• Vass, Laurence C., 749n
• Vatican, 182
• Vidal, Germain, 787n, 836–837, 847, 887–888, 1371, 1547
• Viet Minh (see also Ho Chi Minh; Vietnam, Democratic Republic of; Communist threat under Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam; and Viet Minh subheadings under other subjects), 254, 356, 367, 368, 600, 1506, 1654
  • Air force, 8–9, 11, 164, 172, 173–174, 487, 556, 823–824, 825–826, 832, 1087, 1088, 1089, 1117–1119, 1653–1654
  • Capital city, choice of, 1661
  • China, People’s Republic of, assistance, 925, 930, 1252, 1269, 1299, 1304, 1339, 1355, 2294, 2434
    • Aircraft and airbases, 8–9, 11, 17, 58–59, 63, 164, 247–248, 487, 823–824, 825–826, 832, 926, 1087, 1088, 1089, 1117–1119, 1141, 1143, 1157–1160, 1165, 1171, 1639–1640, 1656
    • French desire to eliminate, 705, 823, 946, 992, 998, 1045–1046, 1071, 1089, 1096, 1105, 1122, 1153, 1191–1192
    • Matériel and supplies, 10, 14, 21, 28–29’, 31–32, 37–38, 41, 42–43, 54–60, 82, 85, 97–98, 126, 135, 160, 164, 173, 205, 243, 244–245, 247–248, 254, 269, 296, 333, 432, 452, 473, 487, 597, 600, 601, 611, 629, 646, 659, 665, 705, 714, 747, 762, 775, 782, 796, 809, 846, 907, 925, 926, 928, 937, 955, 973, 1058, 1139, 1145–1146, 1185, 1237, 1252, 1269, 1283, 1304, 1314, 1518, 1523, 1607, 1746, 1818
    • Military advisers, 55, 60, 85, 487, 926, 1145–1146, 1237, 1252, 1283, 1495, 1518, 1556, 2352–2353
    • Naval support, 1679–1680, 1957
    • Training, 8, 14, 37, 55, 85, 487, 1146
    • Troops, 21, 54, 55, 59, 60, 63, 69, 173–174, 208–210, 221, 237, 244, 247–248, 298, 385, 425, 452, 507, 521, 541, 597–598, 601–602, 662, 707, 747, 925, 928, 972, 1194, 1252–1253, 1653, 1655–1656
  • China, People’s Republic of, relationship to, 245, 431, 598, 764, 850, 1155
  • Coalition government (see under Vietnam)
  • Geneva Conference on Indochina, alleged violations, 2404–2405, 2406, 2407–2408
  • Objectives in Indochina, 594, 906–908, 1012, 1028, 1149, 1561–1562, 1908–1909, 1934, 2287
  • Political vitality, 49, 73, 86, 94–95, 134–135, 254, 280, 289, 369, 573, 597, 600, 618
  • Popularity of, 135, 303, 369, 1014
  • Prisoners of war, treatment of:
    • Cambodian, 2094
    • French, 222–223, 390–391, 689, 1949–1950, 1953–1954, 2022
  • Propaganda, 48, 134, 178, 253, 257, 258, 280, 450–451, 487, 515, 563, 887, 888, 890, 897, 900, 906, 921, 1015–1016, 1027, 1126, 1127, 1385, 1557, 1644–1645, 1654, 1664, 2355
  • Refugees, evacuation from north, efforts to sabotage, 1921–1922, 2308n
  • Sabotage, 668, 907, 1010, 1099, 1700
  • Soviet assistance, 432, 611, 972, 1009, 1112, 1146, 1679–1680
  • Threat to Thailand and Burma, 323, 398, 430, 452, 491, 515–516, 546, 568n, 574, 588–589, 601, 720, 765, 804, 947, 1009, 1341
  • Troops (see also Military operations in Indochina; Military situation under Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam):
    • Casualties, 40–42, 47, 55, 135, 160, 209, 234, 245, 290, 303, 326, 367, 368, 614, 860, 882, 905, 955, 1010, 1252, 1354, 1735
    • Dien Bien Phu (see under Dien Bien Phu)
    • Disposition, 40–41, 160, 170–174, 200–202, 270–271, 421–422, 882, 886–887, 916, 1011, 1036, 1039–1040
    • Force levels, 54, 160, 244, 264, 269, 288–289, 291, 303, 333, 366, 418, 421–422, 595, 600, 601, 605, 801, 901, 906, 1011, 1030, 1047, 1084, 1267, 1296, 1333, 1456, 1597, 1599, 1623, 1653–1656, 1699, 1770, 2257, 2266
    • Morale, 11, 40–41, 56, 62, 73, 135, 160, 172, 220, 224–225, 245, 252–254, 259–260, 269, 290, 353, 369, 906
  • Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, relationship to, 191, 205, 560, 598, 721–722, 764, 900, 1084–1085, 1155, 1181–1182
  • Vietnamese attitude toward, 453–455, 1385, 1544, 1843
• Vietnam (see also Associated States; Vietnam, Democratic Republic of; and Vietnamese subheadings under other subjects):
  • Agricultural self-sufficiency, 1907
  • Air force, formation of, 335, 389–390, 626
  • Budget, 16, 23, 26, 34, 64–65, 205, 219, 234–235, 236, 239, 355, 379, 570, 578
  • Buu Loc government, 898, 960–961, 977–978, 979–981, 992, 1031, 1033–1034, 1048–1049, 1086, 1087–1088, 1094, 1123, 1153, 1193, 1295–1296, 1341–1342, 1460, 1480, 1519, 1608–1609, 1614–1615, 1618, 1685, 1695–1696, 1975n
  • Coalition government with Viet Minh, question of, 14, 558, 612n, 645, 1073, 1096, 1216, 1843, 2298
  • Communist threat to, 23, 39, 595, 850, 878, 900, 935, 979, 1010, 1085, 1553n, 1774, 1901, 1910–1913, 1934–1935, 1936, 1938, 2030, 2060, 2070, 2071, 2086, 2200, 2242, 2294–2295, 2297–2298, 2310–2311, 2331, 2332, 2336n, 2347, 2358, 2372, 2380, 2384, 2394, 2407, 2439
  • Constitution, draning of, 574, 1031, 1737
  • Diem government (see also under Bao Dai), 22, 182, 862, 1577
    • Alternatives to, question of, 2142, 2147, 2150, 2165, 2297
      • French position, 2170, 2179, 2232–2233, 2235, 2296, 2304, 2335, 2336n, 2377, 2400–2401, 2403, 2437–2438
      • U.S. position, 2221, 2233, 2343, 2344, 2351, 2364–2366, 2380–2381, 2385–2386, 2392, 2393, 2402–2403, 2411, 2437–2438
    • Appeal for popular support, 2273n, 2364
    • British position, 2113–2114, 2164, 2325, 2385–2387
    • Cabinet appointments, 1789, 1891, 1945, 1947, 1979–1980, 2015–2016, 2018–2019, 2028, 2032, 2145, 2272, 2301–2302, 2361, 2363–2364, 2396
      • French position, 2033, 2035, 2281–2282, 2396, 2400
      • Sect power over, 2363–2364, 2375–2378, 2379, 2397
      • U.S. position, 1978, 1986–1987, 2129, 2150, 2190, 2250, 2272, 2273–2274, 2317, 2342, 2355, 2364, 2379–2380, 2397–2398
      • Vietnamese position, 2105, 2273–2274, 2361–2362
    • Formation, 1608–1609, 1614–1615, 1685, 1695–1696, 1718–1719, 1727–1728, 1763, 1783
    • French position, 1888, 1920–1921, 1935–1936, 1986, 2009–2010, 2020, 2029, 2033, 2046, 2066, 2078, 2080–2081, 2082, 2093, 2099, 2101–2102, 2109, 2111–2112, 2115, 2136, 2141, 2149, 2153, 2165–2166, 2169–2171, 2176–2181, 2182–2183, 2186–2187, 2213, 2219, 2265–2266, 2282, 2287, 2290, 2295, 2304, 2347, 2391, 2411, 2426
    • French–U.S. joint policy to support, 2100–2101, 2104, 2122–2123, 2219, 2281–2282, 2303–2308, 2341–2342, 2355–2356, 2371, 2376, 2391, 2399, 2400, 2439
    • Ineffectiveness of, 1935–1936, 1954, 1979, 1983, 1990, 2007, 2020, 2028–2029, 2035, 2056, 2223, 2286, 2288, 2332, 2379
    • National Army policy toward, 2137–2138, 2145–2146, 2150, 2293, 2316–2317, 2363, 2364, 2372, 2380, 2395, 2415
    • Opposition to:
      • French position, 1761, 1888, 1893, 1907, 1932–1933, 1934, 1979–1980, 1989–1990, 1994, 1999–2000, 2002, 2004, 2007–2010, 2020, 2034–2035, 2104, 2207–2208, 2282
      • Hinh, 1761, 1948, 1949, 1984, 1989, 1995–1996, 2000–2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2014–2016, 2018–2020, 2023–2025, 2026–2033, 2037–2039, 2040–2041, 2058–2059, 2071–2073, 2078, 2092, 2103–2108, 2119–2120, 2126–2127, 2130–2131, 2136–2138, 2150, 2152–2153, 2155, 2173–2174, 2219, 2229, 2282–2283, 2303
      • Pro-French elements, 1907, 1984, 2155
      • Sects, 1761, 1817, 1873, 1932–1933, 1934, 1940–1941, 1945, 1948, 1949, 1979–1980, 1984–1985, 1987, 1988–1989, 1995–1996, 1999–2001, 2039, 2041–2043, 2049, 2106, 2119–2120, 2127, 2131, 2377
      • U.S. position, 1993–1994, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2051, 2053n, 2103–2105, 2136
    • Philippine position, 2230–2231
    • Popular support for, 2396
    • Rapprochement with Hinh, 2000, 2001, 2046, 2059–2060, 2075–2078, 2091–2092, 2151–2153, 2163, 2169–2170, 2172–2174, 2211–2213, 2327
    • Resignation, request for, 2018, 2058, 2105
    • Sect participation, 1460, 1479, 1923, 1932, 1945, 1980, 1984, 1986–1987, 2001, 2006, 2036–2037, 2039–2040, 2042, 2043–2045, 2049–2053, 2055, 2061, 2126, 2128–2129, 2138, 2145, 2170, 2240n, 2258, 2273–2274, 2290, 2429
    • U.S. efforts to strengthen, 2159–2162, 2188–2190, 2193–2194, 2310, 2315, 2317, 2325, 2351
    • U.S. position, 1888, 1893, 1932–1933, 1989, 2008–2010, 2013, 2020n, 2040, 2044, 2046, 2050, 2066, 2077, 2080–2081, 2085–2086, 2093, 2099, 2101–2102, 2106, 2107, 2109–2110, 2112, 2122, 2130n, 2149, 2159–2160, 2161, 2163–2164, 2165–2166, 2169, 2182, 2183, 2196, 2206, 2208–2209, 2210–2211, 2232, 2237, 2257, 2273n, 2296, 2303–2304, 2309, 2315, 2331, 2371, 2378, 2381, 2392, 2401, 2419–2420, 2438
    • Viceroy, French suggestion for, 2290, 2291, 2426
  • Diplomatic relations with other countries, 26, 34, 169, 979, 1058–1059, 1720, 2409–2410
  • Elections (see also National elections (1956), below):
    • Free in south, 1893, 2219
    • Legitimacy of government, to establish, 764, 1101, 1102, 1123, 1126–1127, 1131, 1155n, 1156
    • Municipal, 355, 369–370, 375, 381–382, 404, 406, 431, 504, 578, 1665, 1666–1667
    • National Assembly, 121, 140, 169, 242, 282, 286–287, 318, 322–323, 409, 412, 504, 511, 573, 574, 596, 611, 612n, 827, 1031, 1101, 1102n, 1126–1127, 1131
    • U.N. sponsorship, question of, 14, 666, 1893
  • France:
    • Administrative relations with, 2324, 49, 61, 96, 136, 251, 262, 358, 403–404, 407, 606, 621–622, 978, 1551–1552
    • Alliance with, necessity of, 23, 167, 283, 312, 327, 554, 558, 836, 849, 856, 859, 878, 893, 915n, 1068, 1086
    • Economic and cultural relations with, 23, 51–52, 63–65, 107–108, 328, 379, 1775, 1804, 2033, 2221, 2250–2251, 2296, 2344–2345, 2348, 2428
    • Financial assistance from, 7–8, 61, 95, 103–104, 107–108, 295, 300–301, 321, 523
    • Policy, possible courses of action, 610–612, 1724, 1773–1774, 2246–2250, 2267–2268, 2287, 2295–2296
    • Vietnamese mistrust of, 31, 54, 56, 57, 84, 135–136, 355, 357, 523, 606–608, 692–693, 836, 858, 1014, 1102, 1173, 1892, 1947, 2072–2074, 2273, 2346–2348
  • French Union membership (see also National Congress, below), 96, 140, 189, 403, 546, 553, 574n, 620–621, 795, 826–830, 841, 842n, 843–844, 846, 849, 855–856, 878, 899, 949, 950, 1005n, 1020n, 1213–1214, 1384, 1574, 1595, 1615, 1897
  • French–U.S. joint efforts to strengthen (see also under Diem government, above; and Partnership with United States in Indochina under France), 1985, 2047, 2061–2071, 2078–2084, 2086–2087, 2095–2103, 2107–2109, 2117–2118, 2122, 2159–2160, 2168, 2171, 2210, 2389
  • Government, 1192–1193, 1208, 1551–1552, 1576–1577, 1868, 1944
    • Corruption, 46, 133, 140, 152, 219, 251, 273–274, 280–281, 286, 379, 960, 1153, 1193, 1207–1208, 1450, 1460, 1566, 1577n, 1609, 1695, 1719, 1723, 2328, 2331
    • Ineffectiveness of (see also under Diem government, above), 18, 26, 49, 52–53, 56, 84, 94–95, 131–134, 135–136, 205, 239, 292, 369, 378–381, 1477–1478, 1544–1545, 1548, 1560–1561, 1562, 1564, 1586, 1598, 1613, 1701–1702
    • Lack of popular support for, 11–12, 16, 31, 52, 57, 84, 126, 142–143, 149, 178, 236–237, 245–246, 293–294, 355, 370, 383, 408, 596–597, 599, 849, 910–911, 992, 1205–1206, 1521, 1681
    • Nationalist, importance of, 182, 1616–1617, 1720, 2034, 2036, 2144
    • Sect participation, question of (see also under Diem government, above), 11, 31, 34, 48, 84, 88, 121, 961, 979, 1071
    • Transfer of functions from French, 61, 204, 251, 292–293, 335, 511, 599, 644, 1610–1611, 1619, 1664–1665, 1727–1728, 1880, 1897, 1978
  • Huu government, 11, 16–18, 26, 36, 48, 66n, 135–137, 169n, 177, 205, 341, 960
  • Independence:
    • British position, 1827
    • French position, 131, 139, 328, 433, 574n, 596, 611, 621–622, 1144, 1296, 1446, 1519, 1981, 2082
    • Negotiations with French re, 27, 52, 194, 407–408, 607, 622, 623, 658, 677–680, 697, 706, 710–712, 759–760, 794–796, 821, 827, 830, 831, 833, 837–838, 840, 844, 845, 846, 858, 878, 889, 891, 892–893, 910, 915, 919, 930, 960, 978, 1065, 1068, 1072, 1077, 1086, 1102, 1103, 1105, 1123, 1130–1131, 1138–1139, 1154, 1155–1156, 1191, 1192, 1212–1214, 1298, 1337–1338, 1340n, 1342, 1353, 1384, 1424
    • U.S. position, 95, 328–329, 366, 426, 546, 579, 583, 599, 607–608, 694, 910, 949, 1014, 1032, 1113, 1131–1132, 1156, 1173, 1213, 1574–1575, 1605, 1618–1620, 2355
    • Vietnamese position, 292–293, 577, 597, 607, 637, 671, 677, 710, 795, 978, 1014, 1085–1086, 1130, 1384, 1424, 1701
  • Internal dissent, 47–48, 57, 1209, 2428–2429, 2430
  • Internal security (see Pacification program, below)
  • Land reforms, 133, 152, 220, 235, 242, 281–282, 379, 380, 393, 404, 409, 448, 504, 511, 573, 578, 596, 960, 1884, 1894–1896, 2317–2318, 2380, 2395
  • Laos, invasion by Viet Minh, position on, 934–935
  • Leadership, lack of, 11, 16, 30–31, 52, 169, 182, 205, 293, 355, 359, 370, 1065, 1562, 1580–1581, 1720, 1779, 1991, 2035–2036, 2040, 2046, 2108–2109, 2288, 2289
  • Local production of military supplies, 343, 346, 379–380, 448, 449, 575
  • Military situation (see also Dien Bien Phu; Military operations in Indochina; Tonkin Delta), 11, 17, 26, 38–39, 40–44, 46–48, 55, 68–69, 71, 82, 108, 110–111, 140, 160, 204, 221–222, 225–227, 268–269, 275, 290, 303–304, 316, 322, 323, 326, 329, 356, 368–369, 374–375, 386, 417–418, 421–422, 613–614, 689–690, 724–725, 899–900, 902, 915–916, 1001, 1010, 1011, 1017, 1116–1117, 1125–1126, 1136, 1233, 1348–1349, 1354–1356, 1278, 1380–1391, 1432, 1457, 1536–1537, 1538, 1548, 1573, 1596–1598, 1666–1667, 1699–1701, 1723–1724, 1790–1791, 1850–1851, 1934, 2180, 2286
  • Militia, 45–46, 62, 166–167, 291, 309, 314, 317–318, 323–324, 327, 330, 333, 367, 573, 595, 654–655, 687, 1078, 1090, 1380–1381, 1450, 2253, 2415
  • National Assembly, 16–17, 121, 140, 152, 169, 182–183, 205, 242, 252, 282, 286–287, 318, 322–323, 404, 409, 412, 455, 504, 511, 573, 574, 578, 596, 611, 612n, 821, 827, 848–849, 919–920, 1031, 1101, 1102, 1126–1127, 1131, 1152, 1192–1193, 1450, 1610n, 1611, 1615, 1617, 1737, 1945, 2272, 2274, 2318, 2356–2357, 2423
  • National Congress (Oct. 15–11, 1953), 759–760, 795–796, 821, 828–830, 831, 833–839, 841–844, 846, 848–849, 851, 854, 878, 910, 1131
  • National elections (1956):
    • British position, 1216, 2247n
    • China, People’s Republic of, position, 1759
    • Consequences of, 1794, 2191, 2407–2408
    • French position, 1588, 1769, 1777–1778, 1880, 1881, 1896, 1904, 2007, 2182, 2218–2219, 2230, 2247, 2248, 2256–2257, 2265, 2353, 2399, 2439
    • Geneva Conference on Indochina provision for, 1857
    • Indian position, 1923, 2439
    • U.S. position, 1785, 1791–1792, 1860, 1883, 1906, 1912, 2123, 2191, 2219, 2269, 2351, 2357, 2407–2409
    • Viet Minh position, 1769, 1777, 1821
    • Vietnamese position, 1545, 1778, 2273
  • National Provisional Council, 220, 235, 236–237, 241–242, 251–252, 287, 821, 2357
  • Nguyen De government, 1719
  • Pacification program (see also under Vietnamese National Army), 35, 37, 60, 108, 124, 166–167, 191, 200, 201, 207, 221, 239, 251, 287–288, 291, 293, 296, 339–340, 342, 359–360, 380, 383, 394, 406, 410, 448, 523, 573, 596, 1027, 1087, 1094, 1096, 1114, 1136, 1209
  • Partition:
    • Associated States position, 1732
    • British position, 1216, 1459, 1468, 1758, 1794
    • Consequences of, 12–13, 545–546, 643, 1934
    • French position, 643, 934, 1096, 1373, 1425, 1434, 1458, 1662, 1696, 1732, 1736, 1756, 1769, 1836, 1846
    • Geneva Conference on Indochina provision for, 1856
    • U.S. position, 612, 1009–1010, 1226, 1478, 1500–1501, 1538, 1563–1564, 1732, 1742, 1748, 1758, 1804, 1834n
    • Viet Minh position, 1731, 1732, 1836
    • Vietnamese position, 893, 935, 1069–1070, 1090, 1102, 1341, 1479n, 1545, 1552, 1646, 1681, 1732, 1773, 1804, 1842–1843, 1850–1851, 1854n, 2289
  • Political situation (see also individual governments, above and below), 22, 56, 57, 68, 88, 152–153, 341, 354, 1479–1480, 1551–1552, 1564–1566, 1613, 1701–1702, 1854, 1905–1906, 1937–1938, 1977–1980, 2028–2030, 2070–2071, 2131, 2180, 2286, 2288–2294
  • Populauon, 2135, 2273, 2289
  • Propaganda, 140, 220, 850, 858, 2355
  • Public opinion, 1385, 1505–1506, 1723
  • Reconstruction, postwar, 574, 839, 850, 1082
  • Refugees, evacuation from north (see also under Tonkin Delta), 1066, 1127, 1136, 1718, 1763, 1782–1783, 1862, 1872–1873, 1881, 1885–1886, 1921–1922, 1924–1925, 1951–1952, 1961–1962, 1972, 1973, 1974–1975, 2010, 2086, 2097–2098, 2154–2155, 2308n, 2317, 2340, 2372, 2375n, 2380
  • Responsibility for, 1519n, 2270–2271, 2321
  • Reunification sentiment, 1935, 2248, 2296, 2438
  • Rice production, 101, 133, 152, 195, 306–307, 379, 577–578, 934, 1207–1208
  • Sect troops (see under Vietnamese National Army)
  • Southeast Asian states, relations with, 2234–2235, 2370, 2384–2385
  • Tam government, 18, 22, 167, 169n, 177–179, 181–182, 188–189, 205, 219–220, 223–224, 245, 251–252, 273, 277, 292, 309–310, 322, 341, 354–356, 365–366, 378–380, 381–382, 488, 596, 599, 711, 861–862, 889, 890, 891–892, 898, 910, 915, 960
  • Taxation, 64–65, 219, 251, 283, 314, 346, 379, 380, 393, 404, 405, 409, 410, 443–444, 578n
  • Trade:
    • Foreign, 139, 153, 176–177, 358–359
    • With north, 2267–2268
  • Tripartite (France–U.K.–U.S.) briefing on Indochina, 2405–2406
  • U.N. technical assistance, 132–133
  • U.S. assistance (see also U.S. support under Vietnamese National Army), 1476–1477, 1737, 2142, 2167, 2367, 2377, 2432–2433, 2436–2437
    • Conditions, 1963, 2174, 2395, 2424
    • Financial, 17, 63–64, 132–133, 269, 336, 339–340, 342, 344, 359–360, 379, 380, 383, 394, 404–405, 426, 448, 463, 523, 573, 574, 575, 577, 596, 694, 696–697, 839, 1066, 1082, 1127n, 1136, 1872, 1924–1925, 1951, 1970–1972, 1973, 2065, 2309, 2318–2319, 2374–2375, 2380
    • French position, 1985–1986, 1975, 1982, 2002, 2009, 2184–2185
    • Military Assistance Advisory Group (see also MAAG role under U.S. training of forces: Vietnam), 32, 88, 116–117, 118, 124–125, 156–157, 162, 187, 227n, 232, 233, 240, 241n, 250, 272, 282, 297, 301, 303, 388n, 388–389, 414, 461, 474, 564, 575, 625, 745, 757, 758n, 880, 943, 969, 970, 1004–1005, 1007, 1024, 1033, 1048, 1052, 1062–1063, 1072–1073, 1112, 1113, 1114, 1118, 1120, 1129, 1137, 1161, 1611–1612, 1664–1665, 1739–1740, 1753–1754, 1773–1774, 1869, 1938, 2087, 2088, 2125, 2146–2147, 2158, 2262, 2367
    • Mutual Security Agency program, 131n, 308, 307, 309, 340–347, 359–360, 379, 383, 396, 402, 446–448, 543, 574, 1245–1246, 2482
    • Objectives, 1738, 1889
    • Suspension of possible, 2083, 2081, 2141–2142, 2151–2152, 2160, 2240, 2361, 2403
    • Technical, 132–133, 169, 269, 344–345, 380–381, 392–393, 446, 447, 574, 1047, 1086
    • Vietnamese interest in, 1384, 1478, 1724, 1736–1737, 1872, 1873, 2113, 2347, 2348, 2432
  • U.S. program for strengthening, 1925–1927, 2206, 2214, 2288, 2439, 2440
  • U.S. recovery of matériel, 1477, 2086
  • U.S. withdrawal of support from, question of, 2366, 2376, 2378, 2381–2382, 2391–2392, 2393–2394, 2403–2404, 2411
  • United States, relations with, 1585–1586, 1865, 1941–1942
• Vietnam, Democratic Republic of (see also Ho Chi Minh; Viet Minh), 1551, 1905, 1907, 1910, 2068, 2294, 2398
  • American Consulate at Hanoi, possible closing of, 1899–1900, 1936n, 1995, 2149, 2373
  • Anti-U.S. propaganda, 2149, 2324, 2371, 2398, 2434n
  • China, People’s Republic of, relations with, 2434
  • Diplomatic recognition of, 2409–2410
  • France:
    • Cultural and business interests, 529, 1950–1951, 1981, 2296, 2329–2330, 2353, 2373
    • Relations with, 1551–1552, 2148, 2218, 2249, 2294, 2296, 2324, 2373
    • Sainteny Mission, 1936, 1948, 1981, 1994–1995, 2217–2218, 2296, 2305, 2352–2354, 2373, 2425, 2438
  • Hanoi, situation in, 2074–2075, 2127–2128, 2132, 2322–2325
  • Situation in, 2286–2287, 2288, 2294–2295, 2352–2353
• Vietnamese Crown Prince, 274, 277, 310, 574, 1031, 1099–1100
• Vietnamese National Army (see also Associated States: National Armies; French Union: Troops; and under Letourneau Plan, Navarre Plan):
  • Buildup:
    • British position, 68, 73, 161, 221
    • French position, 35, 106, 159–160, 162, 204, 221, 282, 291–292, 304–305, 314, 318, 321, 323–324, 330, 351, 352–354, 363, 371, 376, 389–390, 395, 397–398, 404, 413–414, 433, 434, 598, 644, 694, 699, 703, 734, 741, 880, 956–957, 1012, 1047, 1060, 1065, 1086, 1088–1089, 1096, 1879–1880, 2082, 2087, 2293, 2307
    • New Zealand position, 790
    • U.S. position, 71, 73, 81, 84–85, 94–95, 96, 98, 123, 143, 161–162, 173, 201–202, 226–227, 237, 292, 333, 351, 358, 367, 382–383, 390, 404, 466, 468, 482, 572–573, 696, 894–895, 949, 950, 962–963, 981, 1028, 1029, 1094, 1110, 2307
    • Vietnamese position, 219, 224–225, 235, 277, 281, 285, 314, 352–353, 371, 374, 406, 409, 410–411, 596, 619–621, 734, 856, 1152–1153, 1478, 1610, 2113, 2134, 2293, 2416
  • Casualties, 411, 1001, 1645–1646
  • Combatworthiness, 123, 285, 292, 296, 312, 317, 318, 327, 332–333, 335, 349, 370, 398, 438, 554, 1519, 1627, 1759, 1765, 1794, 2286, 2292, 2297, 2390, 2399–2400
  • Conscripts, 66, 431, 1207
  • Commander in Chief, 23–24, 26–28, 455, 2342, 2350, 2360
  • Desertions, 383–384, 1071, 1368, 1380, 1387, 1700, 1711, 1716, 1723, 1935, 1950, 2266, 2291
  • Force levels, 1699–1700
    • British position, 2326
    • French position, 321, 353, 598, 1601, 1628n, 2180–2181, 2320
    • U.S. position, 84, 159, 170, 214, 264, 291, 367, 908, 2180–2181, 2199, 2241–2244, 2251–2253, 2263–2264, 2291, 2308, 2310, 2320, 2326, 2416–2417
  • French attitude toward, 36–37, 383–384, 1296, 1338, 1519
  • French command of, 84–85, 166, 327, 328, 358, 375, 877, 880, 908–910, 1062–1063, 1154, 1643, 2290
  • French training, 159, 202, 383–384, 419, 681, 880, 908, 949, 1063, 1094, 2292, 2367
    • U.S. position, 123, 202, 291, 307, 343, 358, 377, 605, 626, 685–686, 687, 701, 856–857, 880, 908, 930–931, 949, 950, 981–982, 1029, 1056–1057
    • Vietnamese position, 159–160, 949
  • French–U.S. joint assistance, conditions for, 2103–2104
  • Government, relations with (see also under Vietnam: Diem government), 2173, 2316–2317
  • Military planning, increased responsibility, 166, 336, 353, 374, 395, 404, 426, 434, 463, 596, 620, 658, 909
  • Militia (see under Vietnam)
  • Morale, 28, 143, 224–225, 291, 305, 314, 373, 595, 891n, 908, 1207, 1379–1380, 1385, 1394, 1480, 1711, 1723
  • Officers, lack of Vietnamese, 21, 36, 65, 84, 123, 128, 139, 143, 159–160, 202, 204, 213, 277, 282, 291–292, 304, 322, 358, 383, 414, 431, 467, 572, 596, 626, 741, 850, 877, 908, 1018, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1110, 1145, 1152–1153, 2291–2292
  • Organization, 11, 84, 291, 342–343, 495, 624–625, 685–686, 687, 908–909, 1090, 1600, 1622, 1643, 2124, 2136
  • Pacification program role (see also under Vietnam), 35, 166–167, 200, 291, 414, 431, 434–435, 465–466, 495, 625, 655, 658, 909, 1136, 1139, 2133, 2233, 2297, 2317, 2320, 2326, 2371
  • Philippine training, question of, 2231, 2240
  • Reduction of, 2280, 2293, 2310, 2372, 2416–2417
  • Sect troops, relations with, 46, 980, 1193, 1206–1207, 1545, 1585n, 2047–2048, 2251–2252, 2292–2293, 2372, 2435, 2436
  • Unconventional warfare units, 224–225, 982, 1029
  • U.S. program to increase loyalty and effectiveness of, 2154–2158, 2161–2162, 2370, 2372
  • U.S. support:
    • Financial, 321, 414, 696–697, 1154, 1739, 1881–1882, 1969, 2003–2004, 2010–2012, 2129, 2132–2135, 2223, 2252–2253, 2275–2276, 2381, 2397, 2417, 2435
    • Matériel, 123, 160, 173, 213–214, 237, 269, 455, 1078, 1647, 1968–1969
  • U.S. training (see U.S. training of forces)
  • Viet Minh, incorporation into, 1579, 1610
  • Vietnamese financial support, 22–23, 36, 123–124, 159, 172, 211, 221, 225, 234–235, 277, 281, 285–286, 346, 351, 353, 358, 383, 395, 404–405, 408–409, 410, 413, 417, 425, 443, 620, 1193, 2293
• Vimont, Jacques, 669, 674
• Vinogradov, Sergey Aleksandrovich, 1241
• Vinson, Carl, 1471
• Viriya, 1988
• Vo Lang, 2302
• Vo Nguyen Giap, Gen., 65, 269, 290, 454, 1008, 1084, 1135, 1149, 1154, 1237, 1349, 1360, 1368, 1517, 1518, 1522, 1599, 1735, 1736, 2132, 2323, 2404
• Vorys, John M., 807, 1471, 1841–1842, 2313
• Vu Hong Khanh, 177–178
• Vu Van Huyen, 829, 835, 836
• Vyshinsky, Andrey Yanuaryevich, 14
• Wadsworth, James J., 1632
• Wainhouse, David P., 639, 1174–1177
• Walters, Lt. Col. Vernon A., 1336
• Wan Waithayakon, Prince, 1632–1633, 1636
• War, global, risk of, 15–16, 59–60, 80, 96, 107, 112, 144, 148–150, 153–154, 211, 221, 239, 248, 596, 602, 662–663, 762, 782, 924, 926, 928, 929, 976, 1059, 1106, 1122, 1130, 1186, 1197, 1217, 1220, 1267, 1334, 1377, 1388–1389, 1415, 1423, 1428, 1433, 1440, 1441–1442, 1464–1465, 1533, 1590, 1709, 1869, 2359
• Watson, J.H.A., 669
• Watts, Philip H., 82n
• Waugh, Sam, 1463
• Webb, T. Clifton, 789n, 790–791, 1485n, 1515
• Weeks, Sinclair, 1564n
• Wellborn, Alfred T., 110, 288, 336
• Wells, Cmdr. Wade, 413n
• Weyland, Gen., 309n, 938, 943, 991, 1027
• Whisner, Col. Emons B., 287, 315, 465, 466
• White, Lincoln, 787n
• “White Paper” on Indochina. See under U.S. military intervention, question of.
• White, Lt. Gen. T.D., 361, 496, 648, 683
• Whiteley, Gen. Sir John, 1389
• Wilbur, Brayton, 394
• Wilcox, Francis, 876, 877, 1471
• Wiley, Alexander, 1471, 2375
• Williams, William L.S., 1217n, 1571n
• Williamson, David, 183, 220
• Wilson, Charles E., 408, 419, 429, 456, 483, 484, 505, 507, 512n, 576, 608, 688, 785, 787, 953–954, 1016, 1035, 1038, 1134, 1148, 1158, 1161, 1162n, 1164n, 1165, 1167, 1171, 1187n, 1211, 1221, 1250–1265, 1357, 1477, 1489, 1493, 1526–1527, 1551, 1559, 1560n, 1569, 1611–1613, 1661, 1717, 1868, 1938–1939, 2059, 2088, 2142, 2185–2186
• Wintrebert, 2026n, 2093, 2106
• Wisner, Frank G., 427, 428, 1899–1900
• Wood, C. Tyler, 269, 306, 346, 604
• Wood, James E., 189, 198, 440
• Wooldridge, Rear Adm. Edmund T., 141
• Wrong, Hume, 551
• Xuan. See Nguyen Van Xuan.
• Yost. Charles W., 1960, 2042, 2139–2140, 2143, 2209–2210, 2220, 2276–2277, 2321–2322, 2336–2340, 2374, 2413–2414, 2431
• You Chan Yang, 1012
• Young, Kenneth T., 2052n, 2061n, 2066, 2070n, 2071n, 2078, 2080n, 2098n, 2112, 2122–2126, 2132n, 2143–2145, 2149n, 2159n, 2161n, 2171n, 2181–2182, 2193n, 2200n, 2202n, 2213n, 2217–2218, 2268n, 2271n, 2274n, 2277n, 2306n, 2309n, 2330n, 2350, 2356n, 2369, 2373n, 2378n, 2392n, 2411–2412, 2419n, 2430, 2436
• Zablocki, Clement J., 892n