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[[File:1946 Ho Chi Minh Leclerc Sainteny 2.png|thumb|left|President Ho Chi Minh received at the residence of the French Governor, [[General Leclerc]], left, in the presence of the Commissioner of the Republic of Tonkin, Jean Sainteny, far right. Photo taken on March 18, 1946 two weeks after the Ho–Sainteny agreement.]]

The '''Ho–Sainteny agreement''', officially the ''Accord Between France and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam'', known in Vietnamese as '''Hiệp định sơ bộ Pháp-Việt''', was an agreement made on March 6, 1946, between [[Ho Chi Minh]], [[President of Vietnam|President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam]], and [[Jean Sainteny]], Special Envoy of [[France]]. It recognized Vietnam as a "[[Free state (government)|Free State]]" within the [[French Union]], and permitted France to continue stationing troops in [[North Vietnam]].<ref>Howard Zinn, ed., "Accord Between France and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam on 6 March 1946," in ''The Pentagon Papers'', by Mike Gravel, Gravel, vol. 1 (Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1971), 18–19, [http://mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/pentagon/int2.htm www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/pentagon/int2.htm].</ref>
The '''Ho–Sainteny agreement''', officially the ''Accord Between France and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam'', known in Vietnamese as '''Hiệp định sơ bộ Pháp-Việt''', was an agreement made on March 6, 1946, between [[Ho Chi Minh]], [[President of Vietnam|President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam]], and [[Jean Sainteny]], Special Envoy of [[France]]. It recognized Vietnam as a "[[Free state (government)|Free State]]" within the [[French Union]], and permitted France to continue stationing troops in [[North Vietnam]].<ref>Howard Zinn, ed., "Accord Between France and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam on 6 March 1946," in ''The Pentagon Papers'', by Mike Gravel, Gravel, vol. 1 (Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1971), 18–19, [http://mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/pentagon/int2.htm www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/pentagon/int2.htm].</ref>



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President Ho Chi Minh received at the residence of the French Governor, General Leclerc, left, in the presence of the Commissioner of the Republic of Tonkin, Jean Sainteny, far right. Photo taken on March 18, 1946 two weeks after the Ho–Sainteny agreement.

The Ho–Sainteny agreement, officially the Accord Between France and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, known in Vietnamese as Hiệp định sơ bộ Pháp-Việt, was an agreement made on March 6, 1946, between Ho Chi Minh, President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, and Jean Sainteny, Special Envoy of France. It recognized Vietnam as a "Free State" within the French Union, and permitted France to continue stationing troops in North Vietnam.[1]

References

  1. ^ Howard Zinn, ed., "Accord Between France and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam on 6 March 1946," in The Pentagon Papers, by Mike Gravel, Gravel, vol. 1 (Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1971), 18–19, www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/pentagon/int2.htm.