What is the Geneva Accords?

The Geneva Peace Accords, signed by France and Vietnam in the summer of 1954, reflected the strains of the international cold war. Drawn up in the shadow of the Korean War, the Geneva Accords represented the worst of all possible futures for war-torn Vietnam. In 1955, the US set in motion a chain of events that effectively undercut the Geneva Accords of 1954. First, the US installed Ngo Dinh Diem, a Catholic and Mandarin, as leader of the southern half of the country. With US support, Diem quickly repudiated the Geneva Accords of 1954 and declared the southern half of the country as the “Republic of Viet Nam”. After his installation as president of the “Republic of Viet Nam,” Diem invited the US to come in, ostensibly to help in the development of the “new” republic. In spite of the infusion of massive US money and the presence of thousands of American “military advisers,” the corrupt Diem regime failed miserably and Diem and his brother, Ngo Dinh Canh and the latter’s wife, Ngo Dinh Nhu were assassinated in 1963, reportedly by the US Central Intelligence Agency.

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