Original sentence: North Vietnam violated the Geneva Accords by failing to withdraw all Viet Minh troops from South Vietnam, stifling the movement of North Vietnamese refugees, and conducting a military buildup that more than doubled the number of armed divisions in the North Vietnamese army while the South Vietnamese army was reduced by 20,000 men
Edited sentence: Given Diem's position that the South Vietnamese had not signed the accord and therefore were not bound by it, he should not expect the north to honor terms beyond the peaceful withdrawal of French forces that had surrendered in battle.North Vietnam theoretically violated the Geneva Accords by failing to withdraw all Viet Minh troops from South Vietnam, stifling the movement of North Vietnamese refugees, and conducting a military buildup that more than doubled the number of armed divisions in the North Vietnamese army while the South Vietnamese army was reduced by 20,000 men.Once withdrawn, the French Union, and any standing under which a disavowing south might press accord terms, ended