Ho Sainteny agreement
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The Ho–Sainteny agreement was an agreement made March 6, 1946 between Ho Chi Minh
, President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
, and Jean Sainteny
, Special Envoy of France
. It recognized Vietnam as a "Free State" within the French Union
, and permitted France to continue stationing troops in North Vietnam until 1951.
Ho Chi Minh
Hồ Chí Minh , born Nguyễn Sinh Cung and also known as Nguyễn Ái Quốc, was a Vietnamese Marxist-Leninist revolutionary leader who was prime minister and president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam...
, President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
President of Vietnam
The President of Vietnam is the head of state of Vietnam, although the functions of the President are often ceremonial...
, and Jean Sainteny
Jean Sainteny
Jean Sainteny or Jean Roger was a French politician who was sent to Vietnam after the end of the Second World War in order to accept the surrender of the Japanese forces and to attempt to reincorporate Vietnam into French Indochina.- Biography :The son-in-law of the prime minister Albert Sarraut,...
, Special Envoy of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. It recognized Vietnam as a "Free State" within the French Union
French Union
The French Union was a political entity created by the French Fourth Republic to replace the old French colonial system, the "French Empire" and to abolish its "indigenous" status.-History:...
, and permitted France to continue stationing troops in North Vietnam until 1951.