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The Politics of Compromise: The Constitutionalist Party and the Electoral Reforms of 1922 in French Cochinchina

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Hue-Tam Ho Tai
Hue-Tam Ho Tai
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Harvard University
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When Le Myre de Vilers arrived in Saigon in mid-1879 as the first civilian to be appointed governor of Cochinchina after nearly two decades of rule by admirals, he carried a letter of instructions in which the Minister of the Navy and Colonies, Admiral Jaureguiberry, outlined his mission: to endow the colony with the institutions of a civilian government and administration.In his instructions, Jaureguiberry noted the desirability of giving the Vietnamese a role in running the affairs of Cochinchina.

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Modern Asian Studies , Volume 18 , Issue 3 , July 1984 , pp. 371 - 391
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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