Military Assistance Agreement March 21 1947

Some of Australia`s first peacekeepers (from left to right): Commander Henry. S. Chesterman, Consul General of Australia Charles Eaton, Brigadier Lewis and Major David L. Campbell. Batavia (Jakarta), 1947. (Dutch Government Information Service, AWM P03531.002) == Under Secretary of State Robert A. Lovett stated that the United States should not fully support the government of Bảo Djodjani, which existed only because of French forces in Vietnam. [29] The Hyuguslave Long Bay Agreement was concluded between the French High Commissioner and former Emperor Bảo Djocgi. The French promised the independence of North Vietnam, but within the French Union and with France, which kept control of foreign relations and defense and unite them without Tonkin, Annam and Cochinchina, the three French protectorates of Vietnam.

The agreement excluded the Việt Minh from the government. Back in France, Bảo Djozei stayed there for several months after the signing of the agreement, while the French tried to convince him to return to Vietnam. [20] French Overseas Minister Marius Moutet, who visited Vietnam, said that the Việt Minh „has fallen to the lowest level or barbarism“ and that before any negotiations, it will be necessary to make a military decision. [1] French General Jean Étienne Valluy led Operation Lea to destroy the Việt Minh and capture or kill its leaders. 15,000 French soldiers arrived at the strongholds of Việt Minh, north of Hanoi. Ho Chi Minh and military leader Võ Nguyen Giáp narrowly escaped, but the French attack remained blocked and Operation Lea was a failure. [18] On March 12, 1947, President Harry S. Truman delivered this address to a joint meeting of Congress. His message, known as the Truman Doctrine, asked Congress for $400 million in military and economic aid to Turkey and Greece. Eaton concluded that the „spirit of independence“ was strong in the country and that neither side was properly complying with the ceasefire order. (7) Accordingly, the Commission has requested its members to provide military observers.

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