Crescent Group

English Proper noun 1 Crescent group en island group district/Xisha prefecture-level city/Sansha p/Hainan c/China (claimed areas encompass areas administered or claimed by China (PRC), Taiwan (ROC), and Vietnam). en Bradley Lynn Coleman Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976 X 122. Minutes of Washington Special Actions Group Meeting https://web.archive.org/web/20110617012556/https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76v10/d122 United States Government Printing Office Washington 510 January 25, 1974 Mr. Colby: The key to the whole area is the Paracels. There are two groups of islands, the Crescent Group in the south, and the Amphitrite Group in the north. en 2014 Raul (Pete) Pedrozo China versus Vietnam: An Analysis of the Competing Claims in the South China Sea https://web.archive.org/web/20220525091438/https://www.cna.org/archive/CNA_Files/pdf/iop-2014-u-008433.pdf CNA 48 https://www.cna.org/archive/CNA_Files/pdf/iop-2014-u-008433.pdf Governor General Joseph Jules Brévié divided the Paracel archipelago into two delegations—Crescent et Dependences (Crescent Group) and Amphitrite et Dependences (Amphitrite Group). Further reading Crescent Group 463 2