UN General Assembly
1953

16. We sincerely welcome that development. Is it, however, an instance of the efficacy of peaceful change? France, which had readily agreed to transfer the sovereignty of these States to an aggressive Japan, was not willing, after Japan had been defeated, to acknowledge the independence and sovereignty of the people of Indo-China. Hence the violent struggle. It is because of that violent struggle that the French Government has at last been compelled to make the declaration of 3 July 1953. That declaration is no evidence that France is inspired by the desire to promote liberty and independence through peaceful change: it is proof of the success of violent struggle.