On April 22 1954, General Cogny insisted with his superior General Navarre to take a decision about Condor.
Like their fellow North Vietnam Commandos, GCMA French paratroopers were dressed with the Viet Minh regular black outfit "Cu Nao" (Bộ đội uniforms) to confuse the enemy and lightly equipped with submachine guns and rifles which are suitable weapons to perform hit-and-run ambushes against out of guard logistical convoys.