The Soviet was allied with China during the Geneva Conference, and its Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov was Zhou’s principal ally. As the Russian translator for the Chinese delegation, I recalled their cooperation:
Molotov and Zhou were equally tenacious, ready to die for their faiths. Both possessed acute perception, strong leadership and unflinching courage, namely intuition and resolution, an essential quality to deal with complex political controversies.
In the first part of the congress, it was often Molotov who introduced the circumstances and diverse diplomatic strategies in international conflicts. On the other hand, Zhou made inquiries while listening …show more content…
Having overcome unimaginable difficulties, China attempted to assist the People's Army of Vietnam in bringing up heavy artillery and rocket launcher vehicles to the front line. Besides, China sent General Wei Guoqing to the battlefront to act as an operational commander, and ultimately won a great victory at Dien Bien Phu on the day before discussions on Indochina began.
The superb win at Dien Bien Phu was decisive in concluding an accord on the Indochina conflict. Representatives of the Bảo Đại government in Vietnam had earlier bitten Phạm Văn Đồng’s nose off at a meeting, “Where the hell is your government? You are merely a shadow government!” Following the Viet Minh’s conquest of Dien Bien Phu, the frustrated delegates of Bảo Đại could no longer lash out against Phạm. They could not even hold up their heads. On the contrary, the delegation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam was elated with pride henceforth.
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Neither was he a roughneck like Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev, who rolled up his sleeves, raised his arms and pounded his shoe on his desk during the UN assembly. Dulles was a man of few words. He walked mournfully and sat gloomily in the conference room.
A thoughtful person, Dulles was not good at giving a speech fluently. Dressed in a dowdy suit, he read his refined script with a sullen face. After clarifying his viewpoints and attitudes, Dulles got on his large Ford vehicle and ordered his driver to leave right away. In short, Dulles went straight to the meeting room with his head down when he had got out of his car. As an assembly had just ended, he hung his head and entered the motor without any response to the reporters. He did not greet or address the audience neither.
Dulles was an anti-communist, and he was fiercely hostile to the New China. He directly commanded that no US delegate was allowed to shake hands with the Chinese delegation. There was once an international canard that Zhou tried to have a handshake with Dulles but was rejected by him. In fact, Zhou did not take the initiative to grasp Dulles’ hands. During the conference, Zhou came across Dulles for a few times. Zhou always looked stately generous. Contrarily, Dulles creased his pallid face and acted stiffly as he saw