... ,1985) By the time of August Revolution of 1945, the Vietnamese communists were longing for broad support in order to arrange a number of soldiers and supplies from local people, and intelligence. The numbers of ICP were still small, probably two or three thousand by 1944. Its base areas were isolated, and its arms inconsequential. Its urban organization was decimated and haphazard ... coalition, the party balanced its social programs, particularly land reforms, against its much stronger desire to sustain a national United Front inclusive of all classes as long as the danger of foreign i...

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