SECRET (c) commit only part of their mobile forces in course (a) or (b), while holding the main body to meet any attempts by the French to attack their stronghold in Tonking. (d) attack the Dėlta in strength. French position in Indo-China 6. Although the initiative remains with the Viet Minh the French military position is better than it was before the rains. General Navarre, by reducing his commitments, has succeeded in building up a reserve of at least twenty six battalions as compared with the four which General Salan had in hand when the Viet Minh launched their invasion of Laos this spring.
- Collection ID
- CAB158
- Conflict
- Cold War
- Countries
- Cambodia China France India Indochina Laos Siam Vietnam
- Document Reference
- CAB 158/16/32
- Document Types
- Memorandum Report Map
- File Reference
- CAB 158/16
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab158.0016.032
- Keywords
- First Indochina War Contingency Planning Military Dispositions Colonies Empire Colonial Independence Movements French Army Predicting Enemy Intentions Military Operations Propaganda Communism Morale French Air Force Air Power Military Strength Politics Diplomacy
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Staff Ministry of Defence United Nations Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 6
- Persons Discussed
- Valentine Boucher Anthony Buzzard Charles Carstairs Patrick Dean Francis Fressanges Eric Searight Kenneth Strong
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence International Relations
