For 10 points, what communist country, now unified with its southern neighbor, was led by Ho Chi Minh?
A failed American covert operation into this country was known as Operation Ivory Coast. People were encouraged to leave this country during Edward Lansdale's Operation Passage to Freedom, which mostly assisted Catholics. Temporary residents of it were known as the "Alcatraz Gang", which included James Stockdale. The first president of this country worked as a waiter while unsuccessfully trying to get support from the victors at the (*) Paris Peace Conference following World War I. This country was officially separated from a pro-Western neighbor at the 1954 Geneva Accords, which were signed after the French defeat at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. For 10 points, what communist country, now unified with its southern neighbor, was led by Ho Chi Minh?
A failed American covert operation into this country was known as Operation Ivory Coast.
North Vietnam [or Democratic Republic of Vietnam; or DRV; prompt on Vietnam; do not accept “Republic of Vietnam”, “Socialist Republic of Vietnam”, or “SRV”] &lt;Cheyne&gt;