ORGANIZATIONS AND NEWSPAPERS IN THE HO CHI MINH- CONTROLLED ZONES OF VIETNAM

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The following list or noli4lerl end semi-political organizations and
newspapers in the Ho Chi: Mirth-controlled zones of Vietnam has been
ecompiled from overt sources end is disseminated as a general summery
of their history from the founding of ehe Viet Minh in 1941 to its
merger with the Lien Viet in early 1951.
'ORGAN'TZATICrS
1. The Viet Minh LeaEt
Founded in 1941 by the Communist Party of TndockOna (PCI) as a broad-
based militant nationalist movement and comprising workers', youth,
peasants' and women's rational Salviation Associations which were formed
simultaneousn:y.
Tho Viet Minh l'as not orly a political but a military organ'zetion nnd
tho members or the rnion of youth for rationel Salvation formed the
first unit or what was later to be the Viet rinh Fatioral Army. In
1949 Viet "ilh nronneenda began to uree +het the Viet "inh league should
be nerved with 1-11r, Tien 'let and by the end of 1950 this process was
completed on the lower levels while at the top the joint Viet Minh-
Tien viee Committee had been formed. The Viet Minh was finally, merged
with the Tien Viet in Februer7 2951 and the League as a senarate body
disanneared.
June 1950: Chairman Ho :Chi Minh.
Secretary General Ioang Quoc Viet, eke Pa Bs Cane
Membership 8,000,000
Journal aill_Suoc ?
2 Vietnam Federation of Tabor or To Lien Doan Lao Don. TL0).
Founded with the Viet Minh nB the Vietnam Workers foe
in 1941.
National Salvation
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June 1946:
July 1946:
1 January 1949:
July 1949:
Vovember 1949:
December 1950:
Its right to heeome affiliated to tho WITT acknowledged.
Became Vietnam Federation of Labor.
Became affilinted to the WI.ed.
Represented at Man Congress Of the WTI%
Represented ae Peiping Congress of the WFTU.
First Nationae Congress of the TLD at which the followieg
program was laid down:
a. The working class of Vietnam is righting for national
indeperdence? democracy and peace.
b. The Vietnixt workers will further a powerfn) Trade
Union orgunization.
c. Modificatf.on of Trade Union regulations.
d. Vietnam workers will build up a Le"4 Democratic economy.
e. Vietnam workers will endeavor to.rai s the material
and cultural standard of the working class.
f. Vieth= workers will boost up the patelotic emulation
movement, which includes a natior-wide production
drive ari a constant effort at self?improvement from
all point of view.
The Conference also elected a new Executive Cemeittoe,
the.altandine Committee of which consisted of:
Chairman !bag Q,vec.Viet
Secretery-Generel Tran Dan% Tuyen
Assistant Secretaries?General
Nguyen Uun Vai
Tram Quoc Phao
Hoang Fun Dotg
Nguyen Cong Hoe
But Thai Duorg
Nguyen Dee Tinh has apnarently been elected since to
the Standing Committee.
1950: Yembership 500,000
Journal: Lla_Rena
3. Union of VietnaMese Youth.
%united in 1941 with tha Viet Minh as Youth Fighting fer Netioeal
Salvation, -with the speeial tavk of spreading propegenie on behalf
of the Viet Mth. 7ts first military propaganda emit eamposed ef
43 members was formed umier Vo Tmen Giap. tater thi3 unit became
the first unit or the Vietnam Liberation Army.
July
February
August
1947: Became affilieted to the WFDY,
1948: Repreleeted ee the Calcutta Youth Congrees.
1949: Represented at the Congress of WOrklIT Youth at Wama
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qeptember 1949: Penre;ented at the WTI! Coregrese, Budapest.
notober 1949: RerreTented on the Executive Cormittee of the WFDY.
February 1950: Thirst lational Youth Conference at which the name
Union of Youth for rational Salvation was changed to
The Vietnamese Youth Federation. The Conference
was addressed by Vo Nguyen Giap and Truong Chinh and
the obligation of members to learn the theories of
Peoples Democracy and of 17arxism-Leninism was stressed.
The preeent Standing Comrittee of the Executive Com-
mittee as elected and consists of:
August
Chairman
Nguyen Chi Thanh (head of
the Political Department of
the Am)
Secret General Wang Mnh. Minh
Assis.ant Secretaries
General
No Bich SEW
Nguyen Nen Tranh
Nguyen Lam
1950: Boalg rinh Chinh headed the Youth Deleeation to Prague
Corgress of the IUS.
3950: Wmbership 2000,000 of which 500,000 ale said to be
11 the Armed Forces.
4. Union of Vietnamese Stuients-aild
71annied in August 194P as the Union of Vietnamese ntudente end affiliated
to the Trs, as well as to the Union of Vietnamese Youth.
/baguet 1949% Renrosented at the Budapest Congress of She IUS.
Auaust ITT): Represented at the Prague Congress of the :US.
?50: Became the Union of Vietnamese Students and Pupils.
Chairman: Nga,yen Thuong
5. Union of Vietnamese Women.
Founded) October 1945 within he Viet Minh as the Vietnamese %omen's
Rational SalvaVon Association and af"ilisted to W1DF.
Renreseeted at the wiltp Cones; at Budapest in December 1948, al,? Paris
.in July 1949 and at Peiping in :)ember 1949.
April 3950: First Nationaa Congress attended by nearly- 300 delegetez
and at which ]'resident Ho Chi Minh was present,
President Madame Le Thi !wen
rembership 3,000,000
Journal Plum
6. Vietnam Peasants Assodiation for National Salvation.
Founded mithirethe Viet Minh in 1941.
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1950: Sent s message of solidarity to the Chinese Poaiant2
Association.
Secretary General Ho Viet ? Thang
Assietant Secretary General rguyen Viet Thai
7. Democratic Party of Vietnam (Dan Chu Deng).
Feunded in 1944 by the ?CI to attract intellectunls. It
frankly Varxist and Leninist,
March
July
1950: Eecond rational Convention.
1950: Celebrated its sixth anniv'ereary cn6
following motto:
"intellectuals to participate in everch of ctiviy
to serve the people".
7t was claimed that the Party was reeducating the
intelligerteia and the petty loourpeoisie
3950: Secretary General Duong Duo Mien
Membership 120,000
Jour/
8. Associatior for the Stalz_2f Marxism.
Founded prebably at tho sane time as the Viet Yinh Lettgue as a Marxist
elite which would pr-n(Inre the purity of tha doctrine t,n7 form tha
chief instzument for its props7ation. According to Loo iier who
visited the Viet Minh in 1950 it wielded deep influence in :early ell
factories, districts, Irmy un;ts and goverment scrvices.
November 1950: Tran 'Tan Gia-: represented the Association tat a public
meriting of the Vietnam - Soviet Pric;ndll-'p Arsociatior
1951: Charman Xuan Thu akr Truoni. Minh
Journal ,12 That (Truth)
gram W45
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9.
DcLa (Indepsnd ce)
Founded in 1946 with a progran based on the theories of MFMX, Lenin and
Stalin.
1950: Secretary Genera' Phan Tung Hien
journal
10. Catholic Asrocietion
Tien Lien (Forward)
Iv rational rAlvation.
Founded it 1945 by the Viet Minh to win over tha CatholicI population
of Vietnam to the Viet Minh mufie It Is still probably not without
influence in Viet Minh affairro
Chairman
Vu Dinh Tung
Secretary General ? Vu Xuan Xy
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11. Twelve Unified Cao Dui Sects.
'Oben the Caodaists went over to Bao Dal in 1947 a section under Cao
Trieu Phat, known as the 12 Unified Sects, remained loyal to Ho Chi Miehe
March 1951: Cao Triau That was elected one of the Vice-Chairmen
of the Lien Viet ont.
12. Lien Viet (rational Union)
Founded in May 1946 by the Viet Minh as a National Front organization to
which all political parties in Viet Minh territory belonged.
President Ho Chi Ninh
Vice-Chairman Ton Due Thang
August 1949: It was announced that the Viet Minh would ultimately
be merged with the Lien Viet.
June
1950: The Lien Viet and the Viet Minh in Intersector IV
(North Annam) wore mereed to form the Vietnam National
United Front (Lien Viet).
July 1950: The newspapers of the Viet Mint' end the Lien Viet merged.
November 1950: Joint Committee of the Lien Viet and Viet rinh set
un on which Ton Due Thang represented the Lien Viet
and Hoang Quoc Viet the Viet Minh.
March 1951: The process of merging the Viet, Minh with the Lien Viet
was completed et a cones held between 6 and 15 Maech.
Ho Chi Minh remained Honorary Chairman.
A National Lien Viet :Committee of 54 members was eleeteds
Chairman Ton Due Thang, Acting Chairman of the Stanling
Committee of the National Assembly.
Vice
Chairmen Madame Le Thi Yuyen, President of the Vietnam
Women's Federation, member of the Standing
Committee of the Vietnam National Assembly
and Vice President of the Vietnam Comnittee
to the World Peace Congrees.
Dr. Le Dinh Them, President of the Vietnam
Committee to the World Peace Congress.
Cao Lieu Mat, delegate of 12 Unified Cao
Dai Sects of South Vietnam.
1k:erg Quoc Viet, Chairman of the Vietnam
TUC, formerly. General Seeretary of the Viet
Minh Steering Committee.
Duong Due Hien, Secretary General of the Viet-
nam Democratic Party, and member of the
National Aeaemb1y.
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Roang Minh Giem, Nember of the Central
Committee of the Vietnam Socialist Party,
Minister of Fbreign Affairs,
The National Lien Viet Committee in its turn elected
a Standing Committee compose of 17 members, among
whom were:
Truong Chinh, Secretary e:ieri of the
Vietnam Laodong Forty.
Tran In "wen, Secretor/ General of
the Vietnam TUC.
Ho Viet Thong, Secretary Generai. of the
Vietnam Peasants' Association for Natlonal
Salvation.
Hoang Minh Chinh, Secretery General of the
Union of Vietnamese Youth.
Xuan Thuy? Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists'
Association and Director of Cuu Quoe.
Thai I Thenh? writer-director of the Arts
and Culture Section of the vidham Eduction
Ministry.
Tran Cung, former member of the inspection
group of the Viet Minh Steering Committee.
Le Thanh Lap, former Secretary General of t.
Lien. Viet Central Committee.
Phan Anh? Lawyer, Mirister of Economy.
1950: Membership was given as 10.?000?0002 of which
P,000,000 belonged to the Viet Minh,
Journal: 2g2-2.2122e
Cultural Associat
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FOunded probably in 1949.
Secretary General Eo Hai Thanb
Standing Committee includee ...an Huy Lieu
Nothing more is known about this Association except tYat the President
sent a telegram acclaiming the Students! demonstration in Saigon on
19 March 1950.
14. AssociatIon of Vietn
Founded April 1950.
Its first air was to "take part.1a1 building a people's iemoeratic regime"
Macutive Cermittee Chairman Xuar They, Director of Cm 4a1
moee Joernalists.
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Vice Chairmen Do Due Dee
Hoang Tung
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August
1950:
August
1950:
September
1950:
Became a member of the World eration of Journaliets.
President of the ?\ssociation eent meseaee of protest to
the French Government on the arrest of Leo Figueres,
Represented at the Third Congeess of the World Federation
of Journalists bald at Helsinki,
15. ino-Vietnamese Friendship Association,
Founded Febrnary 1950 to promote friendship and a feeling of solidarity
between Vietnam and China, to keep the Vietnamese people informed of
cultural, social and political developments in China and to explain to
the Chinese people the evolution of the situation it Vietnam.
The Foundation Committee included the following:
Ho Tang Mau, Inspector General of the Ho Chi Minn Government.
Le Dinh Tam .
Hoang Quoc Viet
Tether Pham Be True
General Vo Nguyen Giap
Wong Kiem Thi, Director General of Education
Chairman of the Provisional Comeittee
(pending election of a Central Committee)
Vice Chairren
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Ho Tung Mau
Than Huy- Lieu, ex4linister.
of Propaganda, a member of the
Standing Committee of the
National Assembly and a member
of the PCI.
Chine Vietnam
16. Soviet - Vietnamese Frierdshie Aesociatipn.
Fenniel in May 1950 to promote closer friendship and relations between
the peuples of Vietnam an the Soviet Union in the political, economic,
social and cultural fields.
Foundation Committee included:
Vo Nguyen Giap
Ho Tung Nan, Inspector General of the Ho Chi Minh Goverment,
Than Van Giau, Director General of Information.
Truong Chinh, Chairman of the ,Aesociatioe for the Study
of Marxism (PCI)
Than Denh Tuyen, Secretary Geneeal of ths nr).
Madame 7e Thi Nuyen, President of the 'a.lents Association
Ho Viet Mang, Secretary General, of the Peaeants? Associatioe.
Duong Due Hien, Secretary Genera of the Demeratic Party.
Ton Due Thang? Peting Chairman of the Standing Committee
of Vietnam National Assembly.
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June 1950: Message of Widarity sent to the Supreme 7seviet from
the President of the Association, To Due Thang.
17. Vietnam National Committee of Partisans of Peace,
Inaugurated in June 195C? after a joint session of the Central Executive
Committee of the tie r Viet and the Viet Minh in May. The Alseeciation
of Peace Fighters was founded at the same time.
Chairman Ton Duo Thang
Vice Chairman Le Dinh Tham
An appeal for signatares vas lannched under the auepicee of the TLD,
the Vietnam Women's Associatien, the Union of Vietnamese Youth and
the Vietnam Peasants' Association,
October 1950: 3,871,298 signatures claimed.
November 1950: Over 5,000,000 signatures clained.
reverter 1950f Peace Conference held under Presidency of Ton Due Thang.
Delegates attended from -the lien Vit o the TLD, the
Women's Association, Youth Federation, Peaaants1 Associa-
tion, 3ourna1ists1 Association, llerxiet Association,
Democratic Party, Socialist Party, Catholic ASsociation,
"Buddhists", Cambodia and Laos.
A Peace Committee was elected consisting of the following:
President le Dinh Tam
Vice Presidents Ta Quang Duu ?
Madame Le Thi Xuyen
Secretary General Duong Bach aka Dourov
November 1950: Vietnamese delegates attended the Peace Conference at
Sheffield and Warsaw.
18- La?40ng-ILEEZEILL,11,17,
Founded on 19 7ebruary 1951.
Aceording to the Party's Maniferto:
"The Vietnam Laodong Party comer into being at a time when the whole
Vietnamese people are loeging for a Vanguard Party, a General Ctaffl
a powerfnl, clear-sighted and genuinely revoletioeary political Party,
in order to lead the ResIstance in the preparatior for a general counter-
o'fensive ard in the launching of a victorious gesleral countero'fano4vs-
"As the policy of the Party is to work for the iLterests of t e colestry
and neoele, to Place the interests of the country and people above all,
and as it embreces tie meet determined and model citizens of the
Resistence, the Vietram Laolong Party is the most patriotic Party,
the Party ef the worlesrs and toiling masses, and also the Party of the
people. Its leader Is also the leeder of the peoale, our beloved
President, Bo Chi Minh.
"The newly-born Vietram Laodong Party consequently takes its responsibtlity
before ti!-e people an, history: to lead the Resietance to vietory and
nationalreconetructicn to success, and to make Vietnam an independent,
free, democratic and proverous couetry. The Vie nee people as a aole
are confident that the Vietnam leodong Party is cndosred with necessary
qualities' and abilities, with enough determination said cleer-eightednese,
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and that it has the tineere vepport of every Veitnamese citizen so as
+o 1'e2f112 its leedirg role.
"The theory of the Party is the Vhrxiat-Leninist theory.
"The princirle of organization of the Party is democratic centralis
"The discipline of the Party is a strict self-convincing discipline."
.The leaders of the Pty ?are es follows:
President Ho Chi Minh
Secretary General Teuong Chinh
Members of Committee Hoang Quoc Viet
Vo Nguyen Giap
Pham Van Dong
Journal Man Danh (The People)
19. Neoleo Issara.
"National Liberation Front of Laos" founded in Aust 1950 to work for
the indenendence of Lao in cooperation with tha Viet Nirh and the
Democratic Peoples of the World.
November 1950: At a eonference at which representatives from the Lien
Viet and the "National "United Tronts" of Laos and Cambodia
were present it was decided net a Joint National United
Front shonid be set up and a Preparatory Cormittee was
elected.
Martel 1951: At the Tien Viet Congress for the merging of the Viet
Minh it was indicatel by President na Chi Ninr that tha
"National Fronts" or Laos and CaMbodia had been united
with the Lien Viet. Nevertheless, neither the Chairman
of the United Front of Laos, Prince Souphannevong nor
his Cambodian colleague Son Ergoc rinh was elected Vice
Chairman or even to the Standing Committee.
20. United lasarak Frort or route. Seiha.
%ended after a Congress of Cembodian resistance leaders in April 1950
with the oblect of obtaining Cambodian independence in cooperation with
the 'Viet Milhe
Its relations with the Viet rinL. have followed the same course as that of
Neale? Isseea (see 19). Its President, on Ngoe rinh, wee not present at
the. narch Congness of the Ti eri Viet, ani vas represented by Chang SmTee
the Vice President of the Pnonie
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Cuu Quo c (National Salvation)
Su That (Truth)
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Viet Minh
Lien Viet
Director Xuan They
Editor Ngyen Tharh Le
Association for the Stedy of Yerxiew
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Tien Lion (Forward)
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Tin Tne
1.14 (The Worker)
War Danh (The People
Sino-Vietnamuse FM.endship Association
Editors lar ran Deo
Vu Van Thong
Ngnyen aanh Toan
Ho rung Fan
Socialist Pty
Vietnamese WcmenTs Pesociation
Vietnam News Agency
Vietnam Federation of Trades Unions
Laodong Part.
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