Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-25

ClOIlS are Carried OUT. ISSUES Which,
might lead to a reopening of the
war must be decided by unanimous
vote of this commission. On other
matters. majority decision will
be sufficient, India viii preside.
One of the functions of the COM
mission will be to see that no out
side war materials or troops are
brought to either side In Wet Nam
after the cease-fire. Establishment
Of new military bases also Is pro-
hibited.
The partition line for Wet Nam
lies partly along the Ben Hal River.
near the 18th Parallel, where the
country is only AZ miles wide
The Wet Mimi take over north of
this line until July, 1856, when cleo
tions throughout Wet Nam are to
name government for the entire
country.
The Franco-Viet Namese forces
will retain control of Route 8, one
Of the few cross-country roads link
ing Laos with the sea at the narrow
neck of Wet Nam. The highway lies
Just south of the river which forms
the dividing line Tourane. the CEN
trail Wet Nam naval and air base
where American technicians worked
on French planes in the waning
days of the war, also stays In French
hands. So does Saigon, the Southern
Wet Nam metropolis. The ancient
Annamese capital of Hue, cultural
center and seat Of royal power, re-
mains on the Franco-Viet Namese
side, too.
While the Wet Mimi take over
complete control Of 10000 square
miles and some IL million people in
Northern Wet Nam, the Franco Wet
NameSe now will be in complete
charge Of some 10 million persons
in South Wet Nam. Among the
latter are many who have been un-
der the Wet Mimi thumb almost
since the beginning Of the war on
December 10, 1916.
French Union military forces were
given an unusually long time-300
days or until some time in May,
1955-to clear out of hostile terri
tory. The French and Wet Namese
may stay in the Hanoi area 80 days,
Haiphong 800 days, while the Wet
Mimi are to confine themselves to
five enclaves south of the 18th Par
allel for 200 days.
Whether the Reds have consented
to call In their irregular troops, or
guerrillas, as well as their regular
forces in Southern Wet Nam, has
not been made clear. No matter
what they promised, Of course. 1t
will be next to impossible to round
up Wet Mimi guerrillas who do not
want to surrender. There will always
be the threat of the same old type
of guerrilla war breaking out again
in South Wet Nam if the Reds don't
get their way by more peaceful
means.
Civilians will have the same
amount of time to leave as the
armies to which they are loyal.
Cambodia population 8 million)
came off with the best terms Of the
three Associated States by a de-
termined last-ditch stand that pro-
tracted the Geneva negotiations past
Premier Mendes-France's deadline.
The Reds wanted regroupment areas
for their Wet Mimi forces now OPP
Grating on Cambodian soil until the
elections which Cambodia has Sched-
uled for 1855. They got none. Cam
bodia's Foreign Minister, Tep Phan,
also preserved his country'S right to
accept foreign military and economic
aid.
Cambodia's elections had been
scheduled long before the Geneva
Conference began. But the Com
munists are trying to take credit for
arranging them, and expect them to
produce some new evidence of Cam
bodian sympathy for communism.
Evidently this preSages concen-
trated effort by the Wet Mimi to in
fiuence the voting there.
Reds to Stoy in Laos
Laos, the northern reaches of her
country under Wet Mimi occupation
for more than year, agreed to al
low Communist forces to stay in
two Of her northern provinces until
elections in July, 1855. This smallest
of the old Associated States (popula-
ton IA million) has had an elected
legislature for several years. 1t
operates in close cooperation with
its aged and venerated King. Sisa-
wang Wong, who completed SO years
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