Ho Huu Thong ( Vietnamese. Hồ Hữu Tường ; 1910 - 1980 ) - leader of the Vietnamese national liberation movement.
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Biography
He studied mathematics in France at the University of Marseille (according to other sources, in Aix-en-Provence ). In the mother country, it is moving to the position of Trotskyism . In 1930, together with Fan Van Hum, he published the only issue of the Tienquan newspaper . At the beginning of 1931 he returned to Kokhinkhina , where he worked as a teacher in private schools and collaborated with the Dongnai newspaper .
He was one of the founders of the Indochinese left opposition . He was a member of the La Lutte group, but to a greater extent gave himself to underground activities. He was the leader of the Thangmyoy group . In September 1936, he began to publish the first legal Trotskyist press organ , Le Militant . In 1939 he was arrested and sent to prison on Pulo Condor Island, after staying in which he withdrew from the Trotskyist movement. After the Japanese coup on March 9, 1945 he went to Tonkin , where he participated in the work of the Ministry of Education of the DRV .
After the outbreak of the war for the liberation of Vietnam, he returned to Saigon , then left for France, where he continued his political activities. In 1954, he returned to Saigon, where he became editor-in-chief of the weekly newspaper Hoadong (Hòa Đồng). In 1955, Ho Huu Tyong became an adviser to the head of the political and religious sect, Binh Syuyen Le Van Vien (Bai Viena). In 1957, he was sentenced by the President of the Republic of Vietnam, Ngo Dinh Ziehm, to death, commuted to imprisonment on Pulo Condor Island. After 1963 he was released from prison. Under the military regime, Nguyen Van Thieu becomes a deputy. He opposed US military intervention in Vietnam . After his release, Saigon was arrested for organizing a demonstration and sent to a "re-education camp," from which he died.
Books
The author of numerous works, including:
- Muốn hiểu chính trị (Seeking to understand politics). Hà Nội , 1948 ;
- 41 năm làm báo (41 years in the press). Sài Gòn , 1972 .
Quotes
“What the South Vietnamese most want from the Americans is peace. What most worries many Vietnamese people is their uncertainty that President Johnson really wants peace in Vietnam. They know that the American people want peace, but the Vietnamese doubt that the administration wants it. ” [1] from The Times Friday, Mar. 08, 1968