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As a result of the Communists winning the Chinese Civil War, the border is opened up for the supply of heavy weapons to the Viet Minh.  The Viet Minh also set training schools in southern China for to give their troops advanced training.  

The United States Government decided to supply the French Army in Indochina with the weapons and equipment they need.  A biography the American Secretary of State Dean Acheson.