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Declassified per Executive Order 13526, Section 3.3
NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011
NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011
2. All elements not belonging either to the army or to the police forces to be disarmed. 3. All prisoners of war and civil internees to be released immediately. 4. Execution of the above provisions to be supervised by international commissions. 5. Hostilities to cease as soon as the agreement is signed. The assembly of troops and disarmament of forces as above provided to begin not later than x days (the number to be fixed by the Conference) after the signature of the agreement.…
"II. Cambodia and Laos
1. All regular and irregular Vietminh forces which have entered the country to be evacuated. 2. All elements which do not belong either to the army or to the police forces to be disarmed. 3. All prisoners of war and civil internees to be released immediately. 4. Execution of the above provisions to be supervised by international commissions.
| "III. | These agreements shall be guaranteed by the states participating in the Geneva Conference. In the event of any violation thereof there shall be an immediate consultation between the guarantor States for the purpose of taking appropriate measures either individually or collectively. |
"This, Mr. President, is the proposal submitted to the Conference on the responsibility of the French Delegation and by that Delegation. Thank you, sir.…
The Viet Minh Proposals
"…In the same spirit, expressing the sentiment of the three peoples of Vietnam, Khmer, and Pathet Lao, the delegation of the Democratic Republic of Viet Minh proposes to the conference that it invite the official representatives of the governments of resistance of Khmer and of the government of resistance of Pathet Lao to take part in its work. We submit this proposal having in mind the following:
"…the peoples of Khmer and Pathet Lao have liberated vast areas of their national territory…
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