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Geneva Conference on Indochina opens in Geneva

An international conference convened in Geneva on April 26 to negotiate settlements for the conflicts in Indochina and Korea, with U.S. representatives attending though the United States did not ultimately sign the Indochina accords.

Geneva Conference on Indochina opens in Geneva

The Geneva talks produced agreements that partitioned Vietnam and framed the diplomatic and strategic context for the Eisenhower administration's increasing political and military support for South Vietnam as part of its Cold War containment policy.

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