July 1954: Geneva Conference on Indochina surrenders half of Vietnam to the Communists. partitioning Vietnam along the 17th parallel Into Communist North Vietnam and free South Vietnam. Signed by Russia. Communist China. Cambodia. France. Laos. and Vietnamese Communists (Vietminh). United States. and Vietnam do not sign. United States declares it shall continue to seek to achieve unity through free elections. supervised by the United Nations to insure that they are conducted fairly. Flow of almost 1 million refugees from North to South Vietnam begins. January 1955: United States promises direct assistance to Vietnam for support of the Vietnamese armed forces. February 1955: SEATO (Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty). covering Vietnam.
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