THE INTERVENTION OF GREAT POWER TO THE OUTCOME OF THE GENEVA CONFERENCE 1954
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Abstract
The Geneva Accords on July 20, 1954, is considered a great diplomatic victory for the people of the three Indochinese countries after a nine-year struggle against the invasion of the French. However, it is incomplete because the Agreement did not truly reflect the positions and power of the parties on the battlefield. This article analyzes and points out the strategic planningof major countries and the specific ways they used to interfere with the outcomes of the Geneva Accords. China and the US hold prominent roles in this Conference. On the one hand, the US wished to use military measures and refused to sign the Agreement. On the other hand, China was eager to settle, put pressure on its allies, and even “made secret deals” with different powers for a compromise. Finally, Vietnam was temporarily divided into two parts at the 17th parallel and lasted 20 years on the Indochinese Peninsula.
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Geneva Conference, great powers, history of Vietnam’s foreign relations, intervention, Indochina, international relations
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