<P> On February 18, 1954, at the Berlin Conference, participants agreed that "the problem of restoring peace in Indochina will also be discussed at the Conference (on the Korean question) to which representatives of the United States, France, the United Kingdom, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Chinese People's Republic and other interested states will be invited ." </P> <P> The conference was held at the Palace of Nations in Geneva, commencing on April 26, 1954 . The first agenda item was the Korean question to be followed by Indochina . </P> <P> The armistice signed at end of the Korean War required a political conference within three months--a timeline which was not met--"to settle through negotiation the questions of the withdrawal of all foreign forces from Korea, the peaceful settlement of the Korean question, etc ." </P> <P> As decolonization took place in Asia, France had to relinquish its power over Indochina (Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam). While Laos and Cambodia got their independence, France chose to stay in Vietnam . This ended with a war between French troops and the Vietnamese nationalists led by Ho Chi Minh . The latter's army, the Viet Minh, fought a guerrilla war, while the French employed traditional Western technology . The deciding factor was the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954, where the French were heavily defeated . This resulted in French withdrawals, and the Geneva conference . </P>

What was decided at the 1954 geneva conference