Jean Sainteny
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Jean Sainteny or Jean Roger (May 29, 1907 in Vésinet - February 25, 1978) 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 Japan
ese forces and to attempt to reincorporate Vietnam into French Indochina
.
, Jean Sainteny was an insurance broker (assureur-conseils). He was in charge of the Normandy sector for the French resistance
under the pseudonym ""Dragon". He was captured by the Gestapo
, then succeeded in escaping and took part in organising the Normandy landings, passing to General Patton the information which allowed the Allies to reach Paris.
In 1946 he was sent by the French government to Vietnam in order to negotiate with Ho Chi Minh
. He reached an agreement
with Ho which would have kept Vietnam in the Union française
. The agreement became ineffective after the bombing of Haiphong
ordered by the High Commissioner Thierry d'Argenlieu and from then he played only a minor role in French-Vietnamese relations. He was wounded in an ambush and after the Geneva accords
he returned to Hanoi
as a French envoy.
Jean Sainteny or Jean Roger (May 29, 1907 in Vésinet - February 25, 1978) 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 Japan
ese forces and to attempt to reincorporate Vietnam into French Indochina
.
, Jean Sainteny was an insurance broker (assureur-conseils). He was in charge of the Normandy sector for the French resistance
under the pseudonym ""Dragon". He was captured by the Gestapo
, then succeeded in escaping and took part in organising the Normandy landings, passing to General Patton the information which allowed the Allies to reach Paris.
In 1946 he was sent by the French government to Vietnam in order to negotiate with Ho Chi Minh
. He reached an agreement
with Ho which would have kept Vietnam in the Union française
. The agreement became ineffective after the bombing of Haiphong
ordered by the High Commissioner Thierry d'Argenlieu and from then he played only a minor role in French-Vietnamese relations. He was wounded in an ambush and after the Geneva accords
he returned to Hanoi
as a French envoy.
Jean Sainteny or Jean Roger (May 29, 1907 in Vésinet - February 25, 1978) 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 Japan
ese forces and to attempt to reincorporate Vietnam into French Indochina
.
, Jean Sainteny was an insurance broker (assureur-conseils). He was in charge of the Normandy sector for the French resistance
under the pseudonym ""Dragon". He was captured by the Gestapo
, then succeeded in escaping and took part in organising the Normandy landings, passing to General Patton the information which allowed the Allies to reach Paris.
In 1946 he was sent by the French government to Vietnam in order to negotiate with Ho Chi Minh
. He reached an agreement
with Ho which would have kept Vietnam in the Union française
. The agreement became ineffective after the bombing of Haiphong
ordered by the High Commissioner Thierry d'Argenlieu and from then he played only a minor role in French-Vietnamese relations. He was wounded in an ambush and after the Geneva accords
he returned to Hanoi
as a French envoy.
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...
politician who was sent to Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
after the end of the Second World War in order to accept the surrender of the Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese forces and to attempt to reincorporate Vietnam into French Indochina
French Indochina
French Indochina was part of the French colonial empire in southeast Asia. A federation of the three Vietnamese regions, Tonkin , Annam , and Cochinchina , as well as Cambodia, was formed in 1887....
.
Biography
The son-in-law of the prime minister Albert SarrautAlbert Sarraut
Albert-Pierre Sarraut was a French Radical politician, twice Prime Minister during the Third Republic.Sarraut was born in Bordeaux, Gironde, France.He was Governor-General of French Indochina, from 1912 to 1919....
, Jean Sainteny was an insurance broker (assureur-conseils). He was in charge of the Normandy sector for the French resistance
French Resistance
The French Resistance is the name used to denote the collection of French resistance movements that fought against the Nazi German occupation of France and against the collaborationist Vichy régime during World War II...
under the pseudonym ""Dragon". He was captured by the Gestapo
Gestapo
The Gestapo was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. Beginning on 20 April 1934, it was under the administration of the SS leader Heinrich Himmler in his position as Chief of German Police...
, then succeeded in escaping and took part in organising the Normandy landings, passing to General Patton the information which allowed the Allies to reach Paris.
In 1946 he was sent by the French government to Vietnam in order to negotiate with Ho Chi Minh
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...
. He reached an agreement
Ho Sainteny agreement
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...
with Ho which would have kept Vietnam in the Union française
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:...
. The agreement became ineffective after the bombing of Haiphong
Haiphong
, also Haiphong, is the third most populous city in Vietnam. The name means, "coastal defence".-History:Hai Phong was originally founded by Lê Chân, the female general of a Vietnamese revolution against the Chinese led by the Trưng Sisters in the year 43 C.E.The area which is now known as Duong...
ordered by the High Commissioner Thierry d'Argenlieu and from then he played only a minor role in French-Vietnamese relations. He was wounded in an ambush and after the Geneva accords
Geneva accords
The Geneva Accords, known formally as the agreements on the settlement of the situation relating to Afghanistan, were signed on 14 April 1988 between Afghanistan and Pakistan, with the United States and the Soviet Union serving as guarantors....
he returned to Hanoi
Hanoi
Hanoi , is the capital of Vietnam and the country's second largest city. Its population in 2009 was estimated at 2.6 million for urban districts, 6.5 million for the metropolitan jurisdiction. From 1010 until 1802, it was the most important political centre of Vietnam...
as a French envoy.
Jean Sainteny or Jean Roger (May 29, 1907 in Vésinet - February 25, 1978) was a French
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...
politician who was sent to Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
after the end of the Second World War in order to accept the surrender of the Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese forces and to attempt to reincorporate Vietnam into French Indochina
French Indochina
French Indochina was part of the French colonial empire in southeast Asia. A federation of the three Vietnamese regions, Tonkin , Annam , and Cochinchina , as well as Cambodia, was formed in 1887....
.
Biography
The son-in-law of the prime minister Albert SarrautAlbert Sarraut
Albert-Pierre Sarraut was a French Radical politician, twice Prime Minister during the Third Republic.Sarraut was born in Bordeaux, Gironde, France.He was Governor-General of French Indochina, from 1912 to 1919....
, Jean Sainteny was an insurance broker (assureur-conseils). He was in charge of the Normandy sector for the French resistance
French Resistance
The French Resistance is the name used to denote the collection of French resistance movements that fought against the Nazi German occupation of France and against the collaborationist Vichy régime during World War II...
under the pseudonym ""Dragon". He was captured by the Gestapo
Gestapo
The Gestapo was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. Beginning on 20 April 1934, it was under the administration of the SS leader Heinrich Himmler in his position as Chief of German Police...
, then succeeded in escaping and took part in organising the Normandy landings, passing to General Patton the information which allowed the Allies to reach Paris.
In 1946 he was sent by the French government to Vietnam in order to negotiate with Ho Chi Minh
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...
. He reached an agreement
Ho Sainteny agreement
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...
with Ho which would have kept Vietnam in the Union française
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:...
. The agreement became ineffective after the bombing of Haiphong
Haiphong
, also Haiphong, is the third most populous city in Vietnam. The name means, "coastal defence".-History:Hai Phong was originally founded by Lê Chân, the female general of a Vietnamese revolution against the Chinese led by the Trưng Sisters in the year 43 C.E.The area which is now known as Duong...
ordered by the High Commissioner Thierry d'Argenlieu and from then he played only a minor role in French-Vietnamese relations. He was wounded in an ambush and after the Geneva accords
Geneva accords
The Geneva Accords, known formally as the agreements on the settlement of the situation relating to Afghanistan, were signed on 14 April 1988 between Afghanistan and Pakistan, with the United States and the Soviet Union serving as guarantors....
he returned to Hanoi
Hanoi
Hanoi , is the capital of Vietnam and the country's second largest city. Its population in 2009 was estimated at 2.6 million for urban districts, 6.5 million for the metropolitan jurisdiction. From 1010 until 1802, it was the most important political centre of Vietnam...
as a French envoy.
Jean Sainteny or Jean Roger (May 29, 1907 in Vésinet - February 25, 1978) was a French
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...
politician who was sent to Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
after the end of the Second World War in order to accept the surrender of the Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese forces and to attempt to reincorporate Vietnam into French Indochina
French Indochina
French Indochina was part of the French colonial empire in southeast Asia. A federation of the three Vietnamese regions, Tonkin , Annam , and Cochinchina , as well as Cambodia, was formed in 1887....
.
Biography
The son-in-law of the prime minister Albert SarrautAlbert Sarraut
Albert-Pierre Sarraut was a French Radical politician, twice Prime Minister during the Third Republic.Sarraut was born in Bordeaux, Gironde, France.He was Governor-General of French Indochina, from 1912 to 1919....
, Jean Sainteny was an insurance broker (assureur-conseils). He was in charge of the Normandy sector for the French resistance
French Resistance
The French Resistance is the name used to denote the collection of French resistance movements that fought against the Nazi German occupation of France and against the collaborationist Vichy régime during World War II...
under the pseudonym ""Dragon". He was captured by the Gestapo
Gestapo
The Gestapo was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. Beginning on 20 April 1934, it was under the administration of the SS leader Heinrich Himmler in his position as Chief of German Police...
, then succeeded in escaping and took part in organising the Normandy landings, passing to General Patton the information which allowed the Allies to reach Paris.
In 1946 he was sent by the French government to Vietnam in order to negotiate with Ho Chi Minh
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...
. He reached an agreement
Ho Sainteny agreement
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...
with Ho which would have kept Vietnam in the Union française
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:...
. The agreement became ineffective after the bombing of Haiphong
Haiphong
, also Haiphong, is the third most populous city in Vietnam. The name means, "coastal defence".-History:Hai Phong was originally founded by Lê Chân, the female general of a Vietnamese revolution against the Chinese led by the Trưng Sisters in the year 43 C.E.The area which is now known as Duong...
ordered by the High Commissioner Thierry d'Argenlieu and from then he played only a minor role in French-Vietnamese relations. He was wounded in an ambush and after the Geneva accords
Geneva accords
The Geneva Accords, known formally as the agreements on the settlement of the situation relating to Afghanistan, were signed on 14 April 1988 between Afghanistan and Pakistan, with the United States and the Soviet Union serving as guarantors....
he returned to Hanoi
Hanoi
Hanoi , is the capital of Vietnam and the country's second largest city. Its population in 2009 was estimated at 2.6 million for urban districts, 6.5 million for the metropolitan jurisdiction. From 1010 until 1802, it was the most important political centre of Vietnam...
as a French envoy.