1955 Election In South Vietnam, The Vietnam War

In south vietnam a referendum almost certainly rigged establishes a republic.

What does landslide election mean. Eisenhower mandate for change 1953 1956 garden city ny. October of 1955 there was an election between the former emperor of vietnam bo dai and ngo dinh diem that would decide the countrys president. The league for the independence of vietnam generally known as the viet minh was organized in 1941 as a nationalistic party seeking vietnamese independence from.

South vietnam refuses to participate in the discussions with north vietnam to organise elections. Vietnam war 1955 75 was a protracted and unsuccessful effort by south vietnam and the united states to prevent the communists of north vietnam from uniting south vietnam with north vietnam under their leadership. Eisenhower on the likelihood that ho chi minh would win a national election in vietnam in 1955 source.

The geneva accords july 1954. The monarchy together with its last unworthy representative bao dai2 he judges diems one sided election campaign to have been outrageous. The geneva accords establish north and south vietnam with the 17th parallel as the dividing linethe agreement also stipulates that elections are to be held.

After much debate it was decided that diem was the best choice for keeping communism out of south vietnam. We estimate however that in south vietnam there are about 10000 armed viet minh military personnel in addition to an unknown number of political cadres and several communist front groups. Military personnel are probably organized as skeletal.

America and south vietnam knew that if the elections in vietnam were held then the communist ho chi minh would win the elections because the vietnamese made ho chi minh out as a really great leader and. The united states which had been. We have little intelligence on viet minh strength activities and intentions in south vietnam.

Citation needed in the battle of saigon in april diems army eliminated the binh xuyen as a rival and soon also reduced the power of the sects. Saigon claims that it cannot trust the north vietnamese to participate in fair elections. Vietnam expert joseph buttinger has described october 1955 as the month when another rotten relic of vietnams past was thrown on the junk heap of history.

The state of vietnam referendum of 1955 determined the future form of government of the state of vietnam the nation that was to become the republic of vietnam widely known as south vietnamit was contested by prime minister ngo dinh diem who proposed a republic and former emperor bao daibao dai had abdicated as emperor in 1945 and at the time of the referendum held the. Doubleday co inc 1963 pp.