ABSTRACT
Ho Chi Minh realized that he faced a difficult situation and that if he were to succeed, it would be necessary to rally all Vietnamese nationalists to his cause. In an effort to disguise his Communist backing and in order to give his movement a patriotic stamp, he dissolved the Communist Party on November 11 and formed a "national front." With the success of the insurrection, the Communist element among Vietnamese nationalists gained a strong hold on the leadership of the revolutionary movement. The French, although determined to reoccupy Vietnam, were for the moment stymied by their lack of troops and transportation. In February, 1946, the French reached an agreement with Chiang Kai-shek that stipulated that Chinese troops would leave northern Vietnam, in return for which the French would give up all special rights in China. The irate Vietminh took punitive action against those Vietnamese who had supported the proposal.
