Nguyễn Hải Thần
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Nguyễn Hải Thần (Hán Tự: 阮海臣) (c.1869 – 1951), born Nguyễn Văn Thắng in Hà Ðông was a leader of the Việt Nam Cách Mạng Ðồng Minh Hội and a political leader during the Vietnamese Revolution. He was very well respected by many and his views were held in high regards. [1] He was responsible for the release and pardon of Hồ Chí Minh when the latter was in jail waiting to be executed for his "crimes against the French colonial government".
In September 1945, Hồ and the Communists seized the government from Emperor Bảo Đại and founded the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Thần briefly joined Hồ's coalition government that comprised of several non-Communist party leaders. After Hồ had signed a modus vivendi Marius Moutet (Minister of Overseas France and her Colonies), France was able to return to its former colony. The move bought Hồ precious time to deal with the non-communist military forces. As soon as the Chinese troops that had entered Vietnam to disarm the Japanese were replaced by French expeditionary forces, Hồ's Việt Minh attacked all non-communist bases in the country. Thần, who opposed Ho, fled to Nam Kinh, China where he remained until his death in 1951.[2]
References
- ^ Hoang Van Dao (1970). Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang (in Vietnamese). Tan Dan.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ Dommen, Arthur J. (2001). The Indochinese Experience of the French and the Americans: Nationalism and Communism in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0253338549.
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