Piastres affair

100 piastres, French Indochina circa 1954

The Piastres Affair also known as Piastres Scandal and Piastres Trade (l'affaire des piastres, le scandale des piastres, or le trafic de pistres) was a financial-political scandal of the French Fourth Republic that broke out in 1950 during the First Indochina War.

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