@article{oai:nagasaki-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00008647, author = {Gunn, Geoffrey C.}, journal = {東南アジア研究年報, Annual Review of Southeast Asian Studies}, month = {Mar}, note = {In the wake of the Viet Minh“August Revolution”of 1945 leading to the proclamation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV), the French government began negotiations with both the Viet Minh and the Nationalist Chinese for a return of the French army to Vietnam north of the 16th parallel. In this transaction, the Viet Minh revealed themselves willing to accept French rule to rid Vietnam of Chinese occupation, especially as Ho Chí Minh feared it would become permanent. As a less well remembered phase of modern Vietnamese history, this article steps out the three key conventions surrounding the Franco-Viet Minh entente, namely, the Accords signed in Hanoi on March 6, 1946,its diplomatic sequel at Dalat in May 1946 and, finally, the Fontainebleau Conference in August-September the same year. It then traces the breakdown of the entente, with especial reference to the events in Haiphong and, in highly summary form, the military sequels down until the French denouement at Dien Bien Phu., 東南アジア研究年報, 54, pp.19-51; 2013}, pages = {19--51}, title = {Prelude to the First Indochina War: New Light on the Fontainebleau Conference of July-September 1946 and Aftermath}, volume = {54}, year = {2013} }