FREE THAI VIEWS ON HO CHI MINH

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001000650008-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 11, 1999
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: November 4, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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^OUNTRY Siam - Indochina
SUB iECT Y as Thai Views on Ho Chi Minh
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! Hai Suchit Hiraz *anru ,Secretary tot Minister of Forel Affairs,
and Nai Fridi a otz ong and his Free Thai group feel that the best
hopes for the liberation of Indochina depend on the leadership of
Uy :;hi !inb. They in no sense consider him a party line Communist
in s!): =e of his Last history.
They consider Mm a sincere patriots However, they feel that it
could probably be best for Indochina if Ho did not stay in power
after the liberation of the country because his fight against the
French has become so bitter. pie would be abtsolutely relentless
against anyone in the country who he suspected had not been whola--
h,"eartecdly for liberation and -then-:% would no doubt be a purge of the
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