Geneva Conference opens in Switzerland 60 years ago today (Apr 26 1954)


Video: 'Vietnam a Television History Episode 1' (Geneva Conference at 51:54)

(Monday, April 26, 1954; during the First Indochina War, part of the Cold War) — The Geneva Conference, organized to find a way to settle outstanding issues on the Korean peninsula and to unify Vietnam and discuss the possibility of restoring peace in Indochina, convened today in Geneva, Switzerland.