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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Dayuhan who wrote (107331)7/27/2003 9:45:16 PM
From: Hawkmoon  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
I hate to sound like a twit, but I really think you need to study the subject a bit more before continuing the conversation.

We let me be a bit more of a "twit" here Steven.. Because NO ONE really knows for certain what Ho Chi Minh's early history was, let alone his real name. But he definitely received formal training in the Soviet Union as early as 1934, and was likely on the Communist payroll much earlier than that during his time in France.

vietquoc.com

HCM was apparently like most people seeking power and control.. He was willing to bide his time to achieve his goals, compromising with rivals and adversaries until he consolidated his power into his hands.

Now how much control he permitted the Soviets to retain over him during this rule is always a question that only the "secret files" would be able to answer...

But I think it's pretty apparent that without Soviet (and Chinese) aid, he was playing both of those communist rivals off against one another, thus insuring he received the maximum amount of support. But the price he paid was that he made a deal with the communist "devil" and that was the form of government they demanded in return for their support.

But we have to ask ourselves if it would have been any different had the US decided to support him in 1944? Maybe so, if we made him dependent enough upon our aid.. But then again, we might have just proven to be one more nation he could play off against our opponents.

Hawk
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