Fontainebleau conference begins 70 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (July 6 1946)


Video: 'Vietnam a Television History Episode 1' (Ho Chi Minh in Paris, Fontainebleau conference at 30:38)

(Saturday, July 6, 1946; during War in Vietnam (1945–46)) — The Fontainebleau conference, a negotiating session between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the French Fourth Republic, began today at the Palace of Fontainebleau (65 kilometers south of Paris), to reach agreement on a number of issues including Vietnamese independence.