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 * E.
 * colspan="3"|Crisis of the Spring, 1955
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 * 1.
 * colspan="2"|The Problem of the Sect Armies
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 * 2.
 * colspan="2"|The United Front Challenges Diem
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 * 3.
 * colspan="2"|Diem Challenges the Binh Xuyen
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 * 4.
 * colspan="2"|Truce — But No Calm
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 * a.
 * Lansdale's Version
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 * b.
 * Ely and Collins Decision: Diem Must Go
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 * c.
 * Dulles' Indecision
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 * d.
 * Paris: Diem's Time Is Up
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 * e.
 * Bao Dai's Plan
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 * f.
 * Dulles' Decision: U.S. Will Consider a Change in Regime
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 * 5.
 * colspan="2"|Diem Acts Against the Binh-Xuyen
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 * colspan="2"|Washington Acts: U.S. Will (Again) Support Diem
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 * 7.
 * colspan="2"|Diem and Others Defy Bao Dai
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 * 8.
 * colspan="2"|May Trilateral Meetings
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 * a.
 * Dulles Backs Diem
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 * b.
 * The French Position
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 * c.
 * Faure: We Will Withdraw to Save the U.S.–France Alliance
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 * d.
 * Dulles: Continue With Diem — But Independent of France
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 * F.
 * colspan="3"|The Twilight of French Presence in Vietnam
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 * 1.
 * colspan="2"|All–Vietnam Elections
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 * 2.
 * colspan="2"|Franco–Vietnamese Differences, Autumn, 1955
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 * 3.
 * colspan="2"|What of French Obligations Under the Geneva Accords?
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 * c.
 * Faure: We Will Withdraw to Save the U.S.–France Alliance
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 * d.
 * Dulles: Continue With Diem — But Independent of France
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 * F.
 * colspan="3"|The Twilight of French Presence in Vietnam
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 * 1.
 * colspan="2"|All–Vietnam Elections
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 * 2.
 * colspan="2"|Franco–Vietnamese Differences, Autumn, 1955
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 * 3.
 * colspan="2"|What of French Obligations Under the Geneva Accords?
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