Telegram from Ho Chi Minh to President Harry S. Truman
2/28/1946
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On February 28, 1946, Ho Chi Minh sent this telegram from Hanoi, Vietnam, through the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) station in Kunming, China, to President Harry S. Truman in Washington, DC. In the message the Vietnamese leader asks for American support of Vietnam's independence from France. He also asks for U.S. help in making negotiations with France comply with the principles of the Atlantic and San Francisco Charters.
Ho Chi Minh's telegram was one of several left unanswered by Harry Truman. The United States did not support the Vietnamese struggle against the French.
Text adapted from “Telegram from Ho Chi Minh to Harry S. Truman” in the May/June 2000 National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) publication Social Education.
Ho Chi Minh's telegram was one of several left unanswered by Harry Truman. The United States did not support the Vietnamese struggle against the French.
Text adapted from “Telegram from Ho Chi Minh to Harry S. Truman” in the May/June 2000 National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) publication Social Education.
This primary source comes from the Records of the Office of Strategic Services.
National Archives Identifier: 305263
Full Citation: Letter from Ho Chi Minh to President Harry S. Truman; 2/28/1946; Washington and Pacific Coast Field Station Files, 1942 - 1945; Records of the Office of Strategic Services, Record Group 226; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/ho-chi-minh-to-truman, September 7, 2024]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.
