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Name: 1954 Geneva Conference

Type: Event

Start: 1954 AD

End: 1954 AD

Parent: First Indochina War

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The Geneva Accords, that took place in Geneva, Switzerland, from April 26 to July 20, 1954, dealt with the dismantling of French Indochina. The dissolution of the French Empire in Southeast Asia created the states of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam), the State of Vietnam (the future Republic of Vietnam, South Vietnam), the Kingdom of Cambodia, and the Kingdom of Laos.

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  • July 1954: The Geneva Conference involved several nations and It was intended to settle outstanding issues resulting from the Korean War and the First Indochina War. The part of the conference that dealt with the dismantling of French Indochina proved to have long-lasting repercussions. The crumbling of the French Empire in Southeast Asia would create the eventual states of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam), the State of Vietnam (the future Republic of Vietnam, South Vietnam), the Kingdom of Cambodia, and the Kingdom of Laos.

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  • Indochina - Midway in the Geneva Conference: Address by the Secretary of State, May 7,1954 (1). Yale Law School. Retrieved on 6 April 2024 on https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/inch022.asp

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