IN 1945 HO CHI MINH DECLARED THE INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM BEFORE A CROWD OF 500,000 IN HANOI! THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM CITED BOTH USA & FRENCH DECLARATIONS! FRANCE INVADED AGAIN ANYWAY, THEN SO DID THE USA EVEN THOUGH EVEN EISENHOWER ADMITTED 80% OF POPULATION MIGHT HAVE SUPPORTED HO CHI MINH, IF FAIR ELECTIONS WERE ALLOWED!