An item reported that Russian gave the Vietminh ten gunboats and three destroyers for coastal guard duties. The Russian ministers for foreign affairs Molotov (1) promised this to the Vietminh-delegation at Geneva.(2)
Notes
1. Born as Vjatsjeslav Michajlovitsj Skrjabin calling himself Moltov since 1916 (25 February/9 March 1890 Koekarka-8 November 1985 Moscow), minister of foreign affairs 5 March 1953-1 June 1956).
2. The Vietminh or Việt Nam Ðộc Lập Ðồng Minh Hội dated from 19 May 1941 with as target to free Vietnam which was than a French colony French Indochina. The Geneva Conference of 27 April 1954 granted the independence from France. Vietnam fell apart in a South and a North Vietnam. On 1 September 1955 begun the Vietnam War ending on 30 April 1975 with the fall of Saigon.
