Geneva agreement

• What were the Geneva Accords?

  -meeting between 9 countries which focused on resolving Indochina war
• when was the Geneva conference?

  April-July 1954
• Why was the Geneva Conference held?

  to bring resolution to conflict in indochina
• what was agree in Geneva accords?

  -Vietnam divided down 17th parallel

  -French would leave Vietnam

  -Vietminh would leave south Vietnam

  -Country would have a demilitarised zone in middle

  -Laos and Cambodia created
• who was to rule north vietnam?

  Ho chia minh
• who was to rule south vietnam?

  Emperor Bao Dai
• when was the general election to be held?

  in 1956
• what was the USAs response to the Geneva agreement?

  -Eisenhower worried about spread of communism in region

  -USA refused to sign accords

  -1955 America offered to train new army in south Vietnam
• what was south Vietnams response to the accords?

  -refused to sign

  -Diem wanted full control and united Vietnam
• What was north Vietnams response to accords?

  -Ho chi Minh wanted united country

  -But believed division would be only temporary as people of Vietnam would vote for communist gov in election