Vietnam at San Francisco peace conference (was: Japan in WWII)

[Dam Son <son@fermi.phys.washington.edu>]

On Fri, 4 Apr 1997 huy.duong@ctsu.ox.ac.uk wrote:

> <<<The Treaty which define the relationship between Japan and VN was first 
> signed on Sep 8, 1952.  This treaty is called San Francisco peace treaty 
> and which ended up the rule by the Allied Powers (But the truth was 
> United States.)
> 
> This treaty is multinational treaty and signed many countries including 
> VN.>>>
> 
> In 1952 Vietnam was a colony/protectorate of France and as such had no say on
> international treaties. 

Formally, a delegation from Bao Dai government did attend the San
Francisco peace conference.  Also at this conference, China claimed, among
other things, Paracel and Spratly islands, but the Bao Dai delegation
opposed, so Paracel and Spratly were left undefined in the treaties.
I read this from the Vietnamese publications during the time of
China-Vietnamese conflict and didn't verify it. 

Son.