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Terms. Ho Chi Minh Geneva Accords Ngo Dinh Diem (pronounced “Z-em”) National Liberation Front (NLF; better known to Americans as the “Viet Cong). Ho Chi Minh 1890-1969. Geneva Accords (1954). A temporary partition at the 17 th parallel would divide Vietnam into a North and South.

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  1. Terms • Ho Chi Minh • Geneva Accords • Ngo Dinh Diem (pronounced “Z-em”) • National Liberation Front (NLF; better known to Americans as the “Viet Cong)

  2. Ho Chi Minh1890-1969

  3. Geneva Accords (1954) • A temporary partition at the 17th parallel would divide Vietnam into a North and South. • France had 10 months to withdraw to south of the division. The supporters of Vietnamese independence would withdraw to the north. • No military alliances could be made with outside powers and no foreign military bases could be built on Vietnamese soil. • Elections were to be held within two years to determine the leader of a re-unified Vietnam

  4. Ngo Dinh DiemCatholic leader of South Vietnam(1955)

  5. The Self-Immolation of a Buddhist Monk (June 1963)

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