European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 27, 1966, Darmstadt, Hesse                                4 the stars and stripes March 1964 gave French years of frustration Viet Minh started with almost nothing by Harvey Hudson March 23 difficulties in locating and com ing to grips with the enemy in Viet Nam Are part of an old and sad Story in its forces faced the same prob lems during most of their 714 year War in Indochina before they gave the French fought from de to july Bio dal broke with to when the Geneva agreements partitioning Viet Nam at the 17th parallel were by May the French forces numbered about men in sea and air about of this total were indochinese despite pressing appeals from the indochinese no significant reinforcements were made available by Paris to boost this against them were about Viet Minh Reg regional mall la and during the last year of the the Viet Minh forces Wen expanded and made More effective by an improved Supply and modern the Viet Minh started with practically mtg Law Tat enthusiasm the confused Days the japanese Empire was  at the end world War at the Potsdam meeting in july president Harry British prime min ister Clement and rus Sias Premier Joseph Stalin reached an agreement that nationalist chinese troops would occupy Indochina North of the 16th and British troops South of that when Japan was administration was to be turned Back to France at such time As the French were in position to take control but when the new French commissioner arrived in Hanoi to take Over his the City was decorated with red flags and a Viet Minh administration was in bad emperor of already had asked Charles de then pre Mier of for la depend Bat on Only five Days after making his re Bao dal asked the Viet Minh to form a government and Bao dal became supreme counsellor to to Chi in March France recognised to Chi my nos govern which would have its own government and but would remain in the French four months of futile negotiations on a special status for the Southern province of co relations steadily deteriorated and the French took Over Public buildings in Hanoi in in november the Situa Tion was so bad that French planes bombed and in december the Viet Minh Rose in rebellion against French forces in a Power station was blown up and a Hospital this was the signal for a break in French Viet Minh and open warfare was during 1948 and the Viet Minh was loosely organized and presented no Mili tary Viet Minh activities were limited to guerrilla activities and Quick sabotage strikes in the red River the French government was trying to find some formula for giving Viet Nam limited in an agreement for Independence was signed and Bao had broken with to and gone into exile in Hong Koa was installed As chief of Bat there was never any the government commanded no loyalty from the and the French army and administration were the Only cohesive elements in the communist chinese troops reached the indochinese Border in and were then Able to move Materiel across the Border to to and set up training Camps within Chi a communist China and rus recognized the Viet Minh As an Independent state in Jan from this the French Star by late autumn of French forces had been driven out of or had evacuated such Road centers As Dong Lang son and lao by in North Viet so that the Viet Minh had Access to supplies from red China Over three although there were sporadic counteroffer the general French movement was of Retreat to Ward the the main Viet Minh Force was concentrated in the but terrorists operated Exten sively in other parts of the coun local rebel administrations were set up to collect act As intelligence agents and provide support for guerrilla for the the enemy was everywhere and toothless old women and in Nocent looking children were the accomplices of the Ter by French control Over the Countryside was in but by night the Viet Minh took Over and French soldiers were forced to with draw to utile Beau Geste rail lines were and Highway traffic was subject to there was Only relative safety in cities like Haiphong and in the the French continued to pull Back their forces to shorten Supply abandoning the Countryside to the Viet instructions from Paris were to sacrifice Terri but keep the expedition Ary Force by March when Gen Henri Navarre arrived to take command of French the instructions from Paris were to seek an honorable Way for ending the by that the Viet Minh could move unchecked of the province of Tonkin in North Viet and also held enclaves in Central and Southern Viet the Viet Minh forces were organized into big units and were Well the final blow for France came at Dlen Blen a fortified Camp la a Valley was set of Here to bar the Road to Northern be cause the Viet Minh controlled the Dlen Boca pin had to be Jinp sued it was thought to be Safe because top Viet Minh had never used artillery big enough to reach the Camp from the surround ing but during the Battle for Dien bin Between March 13 and May Viet Minh heavy artillery was brought into action for the first the Viet Minh also had rus Sian built which could Roll Over roads hacked out of the bicycles also were used to move supplies to the front when Dien Blen Phu with a loss of dead or French military capability in North Viet Nam was Rene French com Mander in North estimated he could hold out until but then would need two divisions of reinforce he knew there was no Hope of getting this Many extra troops from France or other parts of when the Geneva agree ments were signed in july calling for partition of the France still held the main Haiphong and but there was no Assurance As to How Long they to Chi Minh red Leader could hold against a wellor Gani Zed and Well supplied Viet Minh that was just reaching status of a real fighting French losses in the 7ft of fighting were most of the infantry soldiers were North foreign legionnaires or Viet but France lost each year the equivalent in officers of a graduating class of its military woman unmasks castros informers exile vocally invading Cuba by Theodore Ediger March Silver voice of a comely exile in Vades Cuba five nights weekly seeking to unmask Fidel castros vast internal spy she feels certain she plays a vital role in what she described As mushrooming discontent within castros armed the broadcasts by Brown haired Perlta purport to Tell people inside Cuba who is spying on i am on Fidel most wanted and most hated said miss secure in her secret Den in this exile i dont like him in her miss Arlera tapes broadcasts such As attention attention beware of Juan he is a Chisato she then identifies the neighbourhood where he she broadcasts Over station which has Many Spanish language programs and Over radio a Spanish language both arc described As commercial in her 15mlnute which refugees arriving by air lift say have become one of the most popular radio programs in miss Rivra also warns members of the armed forces of informers in their she urges soldiers to rebel there is very much Antt communist infiltration within Fidel armed the exile citing recent arrests of but they Are afraid because they dont know whether the person next to them is an i try to make things easier for she says she gets her in formation from counter spies who make secret trips to exiles also Send her the names of but Senorita Arlera says she checks on these before airing miss Yleras address and Tele phone number Are one of the Best guarded secrets in the exile Fidel has Many spies she miss Riera she is concentrating on unmask ing informers within the Interior castros g2 secret police operates from that de i am extending my information to include something about subversive training that latin americans receive in she my broadcasts reach As far at and i Tell those countries who is train ing for terrorist activities miss who is in her Early was in a Convent of Trie roman Catholic order of the sacred heart six and on half she joined castros forces in the Sierra Maestra during the revolution 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