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Read the CIA report from 1954 - the report is analysing developments in South-

East Asia between November 1954 and July 1956. This intelligence report was
presented to President Eisenhower advising him on the situation in the region.

Task 1 - Read through sections 1-10 of the report and summarise what each
section is saying in one sentence per section.

Task 2 - Write a brief summary of the overall contents of the report.


(Each summary can only be one sentence in length)

Section 1:

The American-supported government in South Vietnam would lose the 1956 elections agreed
from the Geneva Accords, and the communists would gain control of all of Vietnam.

Section 2:
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Section 3:
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Section 4:
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Section 5:
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Section 6:
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Section 7:
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Section 8:
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Section 9:
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Section 10:
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