CURRENT VIET MINH POLITICAL OBJECTIVES
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December 3, 1998
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Publication Date:
March 18, 1954
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CURRENT VIET MINH POLITICAL OBJECTIVES
1. French High Commissariat Saigon believes
Viet Minh anxious obtain defacto recog-
nition from Paris govt before Geneva.
A. Hope to undermine US-French
relations and Bao Dai govt.
B. Communists would use such
recognition at Geneva prove
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Ho Chi Minh speaks for
Vietnamese people.
II. French Commissariat also says Communist
propaganda now stressing need for truce
before Geneva.
A. On 13 March Viet Minh radio
praised Nehru's cease-fire
proposal.
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III. French also point out Viet Minh charges
against US growing ever more violent.
A. Viet Minh now refers American
technicians in Indochina as
"belligerents".
B. OCI Comment: Report received
yesterday says enemy
troops threatening n airfield near
Haiphong where 100 US technicians
located.
1. This could be attempt
involve them in actual
fighting.
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