The French Union (the new name for the Empire) of 1946 is a clear example of desperation to keep the Empire together with its indissoluble unity.1 The matters of France, its overseas territories, and associated states and territories, which was the new concept for Indochina (simply because they underestimated the ongoing insurgency to French imperialism), were mostly now part of metropolitan France. ... The French control was assured through the President of France being the President of the Union, and a significant French representation in the Supreme Council and the Assembly of the Union. Pe...

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