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The Indochinese Congress (May 1936–March 1937): False Hope of Vietnamese Nationalists

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 April 2011

Sud Chonchirdsin
Sud Chonchirdsin
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Chulalongkom University
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Abstract

During May 1936 and March 1937 there were attempts by different political factions in Cochin China to form an Indochinese Congress. The congress was planned as a people's assembly in which the Vietnamese could negotiate colonial reforms with French authorities. Such attempts revealed competition among different political factions and also reflected a genuine French effort to introduce reforms and liberalize the Indochinese colony. The congress movement was eventually suppressed by French authorities, but it provided the Indochinese Communist Party (ICP) with access to the masses and helped the Party expand its political activities into the Mekong Delta during the latter half of the 1930s.

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Journal of Southeast Asian Studies , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , September 1999 , pp. 338 - 346
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Copyright © The National University of Singapore 1999

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