French Prime minister, Pierre Mendes-France, became determined to end the war quickly to avoid public criticism and uphold his promise of peace. ... However the result was still a major defeat for American diplomacy, having 'lost' half of Vietnam, the US now believed that the peace of the world was now more threatened by expansionary communism. ... Additionally, American forces sought for a separate South Vietnam, rather than reuniting with the Communist north as stipulated by the Geneva accords. ...

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The acceptance of the Geneva Conference to recognize Vietnam as two separate independent countries, North Vietnam and South Vietnam, was signed by representatives of French union and Vietminh forces. ... Peace talks, which halted the bombings in Vietnam, were initiated in Paris, but no agreement was reached. ...

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