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French Indochina was administrated in 5 parts, the oldest and most “evolved” was Cochinchina. It was where the rubber plantations were, and it even sent reps to the National Assembly.

Is there any way to keep Cochinchina separate post WW2 and keep it part of France while making the rest independent? Or is it so Vietnamese that Annam and Tonkin will demand unification with it? France merged it with the rest of Vietnam in the late 40s, which seems like mistake in hindsight, but I don’t know if there’s any saving it as part of France, at least post war.
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