Vito wrote:
When you say "Viet Nam's version" do you mean Diem's version or Ho's
version?

The version taught in current gov't schools, which would be distantly
related to Ho's version.



.... They
controlled both the Mecong Delta region AND the North when the country

was

partitioned.

No they didn't. Ho Chi Mihn's gov't didn't even 'control' all of the
North, there were serious revolts & uprisings against him right through
the 1950s and most of the 1960s too.


Which were quickly and savagely put down. I call that "control". YMMV

Then why did the tax revolt in Nge Ahn province, Ho's hometown, take
over 18 months to regain "control" as defined by collecting taxes? Why
was mutiny one of the most persistant problems in the NVA, complained of
over and over in official reports?




... Those who'd whipped France simply hid their weapons awaiting
the election.

With orders to disrupt same, since it was obvious that nobody... nobody
at all... was going to vote to "unite" under Ho's gov't.


On the contrary. Given a choice between Diem and Diem's Catholics CIA polls
showed commies by a landslide. That's why we got involved militarily - to
buy time to turn that around.

You're dreaming. I'm obviously not going to be able to wake you up.

However, answer this question please... if the people in South Viet Nam
were truly going to vote to join North Viet Nam under Ho Chi Mihn, then
how come millions and millions of refugees left the North and came
South, and how come the North was adamant that these people not be
allowed to vote?

DSK