Part 1 Flashcards
allowed for vietnamese partition between north and south vietnam and provided for a peaceful transfer from one zone to another?
Potomac Charter
Established to create alliances to contain communist powers.
Southeast Asia Treaty Orgeanization
(SEATO)
helped Bao Dai eliminate General Hinh, considered to have the most influence with Ngo Dinh Diem.
Col Edward Lansdale
dividng line established during the Potomac Charter.
17th Parallel
800-900,000 vietnamese moved south, 70,000 moved north, 300 days to choose
Operation Passage to Freedom
It was created be Diem and Nhu
Had 16,000 members by 1959
Must be a member to hold any gov. or military position
Military politicized, never reached fighting readiness
Can Lao Party
During this time Diem & Nhu created the Can Lao Party
Diem ruled as Mandarin (dictator)
Setup agrovilles
Took advantage of the peasants
Nation Building
It was the precursor to the Strategic Hamlet Program
Created by the French to protect against communist uprising
Overall failure that had little to no effect
Agrovilles
Established by the Vietminh to move troops, weapons and material from North to South
Developed road system mostly through Laos and Cambodia
Group 559
the road system between north and south in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.
Built by group 559
Ho Chi Minh Trail
It criticised Diem for ruling like a Dictator
Written by anti-communist politicians
at a hotel by the same name
Caravelle Manifesto
War between Pathet Lao (with some North Vietnamese) and the Laotian government
Intitially consumed the Kennedy administration
Kennedy considered the possibility of getting involved in a war
Laotian Crisis
Struggle against communism a little closer to United States
Cuban Missle Crisis
failed attempt at stopping Fidel Castro
operation conducted out of fear for nuclear war with Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion
suspected to be involved in the coup against Diem
openly criticised Diem
Averill Harriman
