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Yes, Ho Chi Min was a democrat, just like the NY Times told us Castro was, Mao was, Stalin was, Kim Il-sung was and all the leaders of Eastern Europe were, remember? One can not take the letter out of the historical context of what was happening post WWII.

Thank god Truman wasn't an idiot. I also would speculate the State Dept. has file cabinets full on letters like this from dictators all over the world.


Oh yes thank God we, broke our promise made to them for their help in the pacific war, and supported a tyranny that was starving and robbing ones we promised to support in exchange for their help. Yes thank God we turned our back on our word forcing them to turn to China for support. All in favor of a nation who fought against us until they saw that Germany was losing the war. Then they changed sides. Sounds like a wonderful decision. When we could have made the case in the UN that France was abusing their position and had them removed with out firing a shot. But it was better that many were killed over this. Nice.

I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago. Edgar Allan Poe