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Abourezk, James, 925 Abramov, Aleksandr, 464 Abrams, Creighton, 710, 723, 756–757, 759–760, 772, 774, 789 Abzug, Bella, 768 Achar Pres, 55 Acheson, Dean, 190, 503, 706 Adams, Eddie, 672 Adams, Sherman, 540 Addis, John, 399, 451 Aderholt, Harry C., 935–936 Afanassiev, Sergei A., 495–496 Agnew, Spiro, 825–827, 833 Agosto-Santos, José, 784 agrovilles, 409, 414 Air America, 482, 485, 488–489, 499, 580, 592, 651, 700, 714, 921 Akashi, Yasushi, 982, 986 Alessandri, Marcel Jean Marie, 81, 145 Alliance Française, 569 Alliance of National, Democratic, and Peace Forces, 681, 712, 952, 956. See also Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam (PRGSVN) Allman, T. D., 700, 730 Alphand, Hervé, 387, 594, 683 Alsop, Joseph, 263, 550 Alvarez, Everett, Jr., 783 American Friends of Vietnam, 304–305 Amkha Soukavong, 91, 383–384, 403, 576, 585 Anderson, David, 683 André, Max, 146 Ang Duong, King, 1, 7, 23, 162 Ang Eng, 162 An Nam (Pacified South), 2 Annam, 2–3; Council of Regency (Phu Chinh Phu), 22; Privy Council (Co Mat Vien), 23, 44. See also France, Indochinese relations with; French Indochina Annamese Communism (An Nam Cong San), 42 Ansari, Shaukatullah Shah, 335 Ansart, French commander at My Tho, 6 Armed Forces Council, 628–631; renamed Directorate, 642, 644, 652 Armstrong, Hamilton Fish, 741 Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), 634, 636–637, 650–651, 653, 659, 661, 664–668, 696, 711, 737–739, 741–743, 749, 751, 755–756, 767, 771– 772, 788–789, 792, 824, 827, 846, 851, 854, 857–858, 861, 863–864, 866, 870, 876–877, 893, 896–901, 903–906, 909– 910, 912, 916, 919, 922, 970; combat deaths, 788, 792, 795, 799, 891; strength of compared with DRV army in 1973, 889; re-education of personnel, 943–948 Arnaud, Claude, 965 Arnett, Peter, 924 Arnoux, Louis, 80 Arsène-Henry, Charles, 47, 50 Ashbrook, John M., 972 Association for the Dissemination of Quoc Ngu Study (Hoi Truyen Ba Quoc Ngu), 32, 117 Association of Former Resistance Members (Hoi Cuu Khang Chien), 950 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), 980 Asta, Salvatore, 544, 552 Atlee, Clement, 151 Aubrac, Raymond, 648–649, 766 Auriol, Vincent, 182, 188, 198, 208, 211, 217, 219; urges negotiations among Vietnamese, 189 Index 1142 Index Averell Harriman Memorial Highway, 710 Aymé, Georges, 66–68, 70–71, 77–80 Bac Ky, 3 Ba Cut (Le Quang Vinh), 281, 299, 410 Ball, George, 448, 457, 459, 507, 515, 520– 521, 523, 526–527, 539, 546, 642, 644 Ballenger, Orville R., 431 Bandung Conference of 1955, 315–316 Bank, Aaron, 123, 140 Bank of Indochina, 446: creation of, 30; in August revolution, 105 Ban Namone truce talks, 443–445, 447, 497, 835 Bao Dai, Emperor (Prince Vinh Thuy, Citizen Nguyên Vinh Thuy), 56, 76– 77, 86, 93, 100–102, 113–116, 134, 138, 141, 176, 184–187, 201–202, 211, 213, 221, 240, 262, 269–271, 281–282, 286–287, 291–293, 295, 346, 348, 405, 414, 482, 626, 705–706, 834, 905, 941; accession of, 39; reforms of, 45–46; proclaims independence, 83–84; message to De Gaulle, 107; abdication of, 109–110; historiographic problem, 110–112; relations with Ho, 118–120; relations with Americans (1945), 124; elected to National Assembly (1946), 148–149; departs from Vietnam, 152; becomes Head of State, 187–191; for creation of national army, 195–196; leads independence negotiations, 217– 220, 225–230; conditions for participation in Geneva Conference of 1954, 230; loses patience with French, 237; names Diem prime minister (1954), 237–238; deposed in referendum (1955), 298 “Bao Dai solution,” 184 Bao Long, 147 Bao Ninh, 1002–1003 Bao Ve security organization (North Vietnam), 899 Barbour, Robert E., 302 Barnet, Richard J., 667–668 Barré, Jean, 368, 440 Bastard, French vice-résident, 18 Bay Vien (Le Van Vien), 194–195, 271, 281–282, 285, 292, 299, 410 Beau, Jean-Baptiste, governor general, 24 Becker, Elizabeth, 997 Becker, Henri, 926 Bedell Smith, Walter, 237, 239, 249, 266– 267, 272–274, 480 Bérenger, French officer, 79 Berger, Samuel D., 677, 691–692, 764, 777–780, 811 Bernard, Harry, 94–95 Bhadkamkar, Ashoke, 577, 582, 586 Bidault, Georges, 96, 173, 213, 215, 217, 221–222, 226–230, 891; at Geneva Conference of 1954, 230–245 Bigart, Homer, 505–507 Binh Xuyen, 127, 189, 194–195, 197, 281–295, 299, 406, 524 Bird, Bill, 936 Black Flags, 9 Blair, Anne, 538, 544 Blanck, Father Charles, 14–15 Bluechel, Herbert J...

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