France turned a deaf ear to the demands, but Ho had succeeded in attracting great publicity in progressive French circles to the situation in Indochina.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Ho joined the French socialist party, the first Vietnamese to be a member of a French political party.
As in all his subsequent dealings with France, Ho Chi Minh's demands were a model of modesty.
Through leadership of the fight against French colonialism, Ho Chi Minh had made a name for himself in the international political arena.
France always had this balanced position that in so many conflicts was the voice of peace. I intend to maintain that. De Gaulle was pleading for a multipolar world.
The French complain of everything, and always.
I loved France, although I initially thought they were stubborn for always speaking French.
As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials, that the interest of life consisted in one day rendering her some signal service and that I would have the occasion to do so.
During the Fifties, political and military activities in Vietnam were heavily influenced by the French, who as recent colonial masters, made all-important decisions.
Those who had demanded no more than an end to the bombing of North Vietnam and a commitment to negotiations saw their demands being realized, and lapsed into silence.
I was praised in the U.S. and heavily, brutally criticized in France.
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