HO CHI MINH – THE DIPLOMAT

Vũ Ngự Chiêu

The fact that Ho Chi Minh proclaimed Vietnamese independence and the formation of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam [DRVN] on September 2, 1945 did not assure its international recognition. The French—reactionaries and progressive alike— adamantly insisted on the reintegration of Indochina into the French Empire, by force if necessary.  Other great powers, for various reasons, independently supported the French reconquest.