Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-21
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NAOLltiluCu F1OLIl G1Iot EdSC.t
under the supervision of an In
ternetional commission COM
posed of representatives of India
Canada and Poland. The same
states viii police the armistice
in Indo- China.
Gen. Georges Delteii OF France
and Gen. Ia Quang Buu Of the
Wet Mimi rebels signed armis-
tice agreements covering Wet
Nam and Laos just three hours
and so minutes after the Tues
day midnight deadline French
Premier Pierre Mendes- France
had set for peace or his resigna-
ton. A truce for the third
Indo-C China state, Cambodia
was signed at 1912 pm. e7:42
am, EDIT. Representatives of
all parties to the Indo-C China
conference gathered for the
ceremony. including 1t. Col.
John e. Dawn Of the United
States Army. Nhiek Tioulong,
commander in chief of Cam
bodian forces. signed for Cam
bodia and Gen. Ia Quang Buu
for the Wet Mimi.
Basic Signing Earlier.
But the big event had come
nine hours earlier in the signing
Of the agreement on Wet Nam
and Laos.
The simple signing ceremony
under a blaze of photographers
lights in the former home of the
League of Nations, called a halt
to an, eight-year war of blood
and sweat in which $4,000
soldiers of the French Union
expeditionary corps died or dis
appeared.
1t also laid a Korea like
partition across the 42-mile
waist Of Wet Nam, Indo-
China's largest, richest and most
populous state, about at the 18th
parallel of latitude.
Communist Leader Ho Chi
Mimi will take over the destinies
of the residents north of the line
The 10 million Wet Namese be-
low the partition will live under
the pro-Western regime of Chief
Of State Bao Dai.
Text Not Released.
Officials said the texts Of the
agreements would not be pub
lished for several days, but their
contents already were generally
known.
Civilians on either side of the
partition line will have one year
to move to the other side if they
desire.
The French have the next 500
days to move out of the big
northern cities of Hanoi and
Haiphong. Until that day next
May they will hold an enclave
in the Red River Delta around
those two major centers.
Cambodia and Laos will re-
main under their Premiership
ported royal governments. Wet
Mini troops which have invaded
their territory - an estimated
10000 in Laos. fewer in Cam
bodla-will withdraw in so days.
sCease-Fire Date Secret.
For military security reasons
the date for the end of hostilities
was not announced. One Wet
Narnese official said, however,
that cease-fire orders would be-
come effective in a week for the
regular forces on both sides.
Guerrilla fighters in the jungles
and mountains would be given
q longer period, he added.
The partition line across Wet
Nam runs along the Song Ben
Hair River. 1t leaves Highway
No. 8, principal road leading
from the coast across the coun-
try to Laos, in the hands OF
Southern Wet Nam. The South
also retains the major port OF
Toufane and ex-Emperor Bao
Dais royal capital. Hue, both in
central Wet Nam.
Cambodia did not join in the
early morning armistice cere-
mony because Of a last minute
burst of independence on the
part of her delegation. Cambo-
dian Foreign Minister Tep Phan
demanded until nearly 2 am
that his nations courts be per-
mitted to try Communist SYM
pathizers for working with the
Wet Mini invaders.
He agreed to drop the demand
after the issue was. ironed out In
a long session with Mr.. Mendes-
France, Soviet Foreign Minister
v. M. Molotov and British For.
eign Secretary Anthony Eden.
Covers Fighting Area.
The armistices for Wet Nam
and Laos cover the area where
most of the Indo-C China battling
took place. There was little
fighting in Cambodia.
During the 800 more days the
French hold Hanoi and Hal
phong. the Viet-Minh will hole
Ave pockets south of the parti-
ton line. Then they must pull
out for the north.
Neither side may bring ir
troops or war material, and nc
new military bases can be set ur
on either side Of the line.
This prohibition applies par.
ticularly to any bases for the
Southeast Asia Treaty Organi-
cation (SEATO), which the
United States and Britain are
preparing to check any future
Communist aggression in this
area.
However the organization
once formed, is expected to brins
Southern Wet Nam. Cambodis
and Laos under its protective
wing.
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