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Is there any way that Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, collectively known as French Indochina while under colonial rule, could stay together after independence? According to an unsourced statement on Wiki, French Indochina would have a population of slightly over 100 million and a GDP of over 280 billion if it had stayed unified, so I could see a unified Indochina having a big affect on Asian politics.

What PODs are needed? Do the French need to be less aggressive in going to war with Ho Chi Minh, or was war the only viable option? Is there any possibility of France keeping Indochina as a commonwealth, perhaps something like the British system? If Indochina becomes independent in its totality, would that automatically be the doom of a unified nation?
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