What Was The Geneva Convention 1954

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The Geneva Convention of 1954, which temporarily separated Vietnam on the 17

parallel, dissatisfied the Northern and Southern Vietnamese governments ( Gifford 9). Fearing the influence of the North, South Vietnam called on the U.S government for assistance. This conflict was seen as an opportunity for the U.S government to prevent a communist Southern Vietnam from becoming reality. In 1954, the United States starting supporting Ngo Dinh Diem, the new prime minster of Southern Vietnam, who feared the North and disagreed with the terms of the Geneva Convention. In addition, in 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced that he would send 12,000 more military advisors to Southern Vietnam and in 1965, he would finally send military units (Spector).

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