1954 Geneva Conference: A conference which intended to settle outstanding issues from the Korean War and the First Indo-China War.
Ho Chi Minh: Vietnamese Communist revolutionary and politician.
Ngo Dinh Diem: Final Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam and First President of South Vietnam.
Reunification elections: Under the provisions of the Genevea Agreements, there was to be an election for reunification in 1956. Ngo Dinh Diem refused to hold the elections because South Vietnam had not signed the Geneva Accord.