I am a History student researching on the history of Indo-China and African countries that were under French colonial rule. I did not find certain treaties like Franco-Lao treaty and others on the internet. Could someone guide me on where I could possibly find them on the internet.
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It probably helps to phrase the question in French, the language of these documents.– Peter DiehrCommented Sep 24, 2016 at 15:00
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1you can probably find it at journal-officiel.gouv.fr or diplomatie.gouv.fr– Denis de BernardyCommented Sep 24, 2016 at 15:17
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1There is a database of all treaties to which France is party on the website of the French foreign ministry. If you look for a given country around the time of its independence, you will typically find a string of agreements regulating its membership in the “communauté française” and some transitory measures.– RelaxedCommented Sep 25, 2016 at 8:20
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They're scattered all over the internet. For example the Evian Accords for Algeria:
A large number of colonies simply voted to be independent:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_constitutional_referendum,_1958
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afars_and_Issas_independence_referendum,_1977
Generally, an independence document is only needed if independence comes as part of a peace treaty at a conclusion of a war, when there are two parties to negotiate the terms. There is probably too much involved in setting up an independent government from scratch for a single document to be useful. And if the government has already reported the results of a referendum, anything further is unnecessary.
