<P> France had achieved a much better outcome than could have been expected . Bidault had stated at the beginning of the Conference that he was playing with "a two of clubs and a three of diamonds" whereas the DRV had several aces, kings and queens, however Jean Chauvel was more circumspect saying, "There is no good end to a bad business ." </P> <P> In a press conference on July 21, President Eisenhower expressed satisfaction that a ceasefire had been concluded but stated that the U.S. was not a party to the Accords or bound by them as they contained provisions that his administration could not support . </P> <P> On October 9, 1954, the tricolore was lowered for the last time at the Hanoi Citadel and the last French Union forces left the city, crossing the Paul Doumer Bridge on their way to Haiphong for embarkation . </P> <P> For Communist forces, which were instrumental in the defeat of the French, the ideology of communism and nationalism were linked . Many communist sympathisers viewed the South Vietnamese as a French colonial and later an American puppet regime . On the other hand, as many others viewed the North Vietnamese as a puppet of Communist International . </P>

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