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APPENDIX I 8] Chapter If—Principles and Procedure Governing Implementation of the Present Agreement Article 10 The Commanders of the Forces on each side, on the one side the Commander-in-Chief of the French Union forces in Indo-China and on the other side the Commander-in-Chief of the People's Army of Viet-Nam, shall order and enforce the complete cessation of all hostili- ties in Viet-Nam by all armed forces under their control, including all units and personnel of the ground, naval, and air forces. Article Ii In accordance with the principle of a simultaneous cease-fire throughout Indo-China, the cessation of hostilities shalf be simultanc- ous throughout all parts of Viet-Nam, in all areas of hostilities and for all the forces of the two parties. Taking into account the time effectively required to transmit the cease-fire order down to the lowest echelons of the combatant forces on both sides, the two parties are agreed that the cease-fire shall take effect completely and simultaneously for the different sectors of the country as follows: Northern Viet-Nam at 8:00 a.m. (local time) on 27 July 1954 Central Viet-Nam at 8:00 a.m. (local time} on 1 August 1954 Southern Viet-Nam at 8:00 a.m. (local time) on 11 August 1954 It is agreed that Pekin mean time shal! be taken as local time. From such time as the cease-fire becomes effective in Northern Viet-Nam, both parties undertake not to engage in any large-scale offensive action in any part of the Indo-Chinese theatre of operations and not to commit the air forces based on Northern Viet-Nam outside that sector. The two parties also undertake to inform each other of their plans for movement from one regrouping zone to another within twenty-five (25) days of the present Agreement’s entry into force. Article 12 All the operations and movements entailed in the cessation of hos- tilities and regrouping must proceed in a safe and orderly fashion: