By Stein Tonnesson, Philippe Devillers
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In Asia, the United States had not committed itself to supporting Chiang Kai-shek in his war with the Chinese Red Army, but urged him to negotiate. To the extent that they had time to think about Indochina, both Harry S Truman and Chiang Kai-shek looked favorably on the recently formed DRV, hoped the French would recognize it, and that noncommunist Vietnamese nationalists would gain a greater say in its affairs. e Vietnamese communists were collaborating uneasily with a plethora of noncommunist nationalist groups, both within and outside the Viet Minh front.
Ey intended to give this united Vietnam a leading role in the modernization of the whole of Indochina, as the biggest and most advanced of three nations. e French rejected the Vietnamese national idea. ey used the term “Vietnam” only reluctantly, and spoke of “Annamites” or “Annamese” instead when referring to the ethnic majority group in the protectorates of Tonkin and Annam and 11 Tonnesson, Vietnam 12 8/11/09 5:05 PM Page 12 A Clash of Republics the colony of Cochinchina. Both Gaullist and leist colonial reformers were adamant that a modern, democratic Indochina should not come under “Annamite” domination, but build on a balance among five separate units: Cambodia, Laos, Cochinchina, Annam, and Tonkin.
Is makes it possible to start with the files of the top-level decision-making bodies and the papers of the top decision-makers, before proceeding downward in the hierarchy as far as time allows. It is important not to use the present-day filing system as the point of departure, but instead to find out where the operational files of the most important persons and institutions are located. It is normal to find copies of the same documents in several archives and in the files of many different institutions, reflecting their historical circulation.