On historic autumn days, along with many places to visit and have fun, many people and tourists have chosen to visit the Ho Chi Minh Museum .
This place is displaying and storing thousands of documents and artifacts about the life and career of the great President Ho Chi Minh from his childhood until he left the world, "to meet Karl Marx, Lenin and other revolutionary elders".
According to the tour guides of the Ho Chi Minh Museum, the more people learn about the beloved President Ho Chi Minh, the more moved they are by the feelings and dedication throughout his life of noble revolutionary activities, dedication to the Fatherland and the people, an outstanding intellect, deeply expressing the ideology, morality, exemplary style, and immense benevolent heart of a great revolutionary leader.
Among the documents on display, there is a very special letter. That is the letter Uncle Ho replied to US President Richard Nixon about the US having to end the war of aggression and withdraw troops from South Vietnam dated August 25, 1969.
In 1969, when the US was increasingly bogged down, suffering heavy losses as well as strong criticism from the international community, President Richard Nixon sent a letter to President Ho Chi Minh on July 15, 1969 expressing his desire to negotiate to end the war in Vietnam.
More than a month later, despite his declining health, Uncle Ho still devoted his last breaths to the people, the country, and the nation's independence when he sent a reply letter to the US President.
The content of the letter Uncle Ho wrote: “We, the Vietnamese people, love peace, a genuine peace in true independence and freedom. The Vietnamese people are determined to fight to the end, not afraid of sacrifice and hardship, to protect the Fatherland and their sacred national rights. The 10-point comprehensive solution of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam and the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam is a reasonable and logical basis for solving the Vietnam problem. That solution has been supported by people around the world.
In the letter, he expressed his desire to work for a just peace. To do so, the US must end its war of aggression and withdraw its troops from South Vietnam, respect the right to self-determination of the people of South Vietnam and of the Vietnamese nation, without foreign interference.
That is the right way to solve the Vietnam problem in accordance with the national rights of the Vietnamese people, the interests of the United States and the aspirations for peace of the people of the world. That is the way for the United States to withdraw from the war with honor."
“Thus, just 8 days before his death, Uncle Ho wrote a letter with strong words, clearly expressing the will to fight for independence of the Vietnamese people against the US. In just a short letter, President Ho Chi Minh used the word “peace” 4 times in different expressions. That shows the desire for peace for Vietnam as well as Uncle Ho’s lifelong dedication to the country and the people,” said Dr. Le Trung Kien, Ho Chi Minh Institute and Party Leaders (Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics).
According to Dr. Le Trung Kien, the letter sent to US President Richard Nixon helps us to see more clearly the stature of a simple but great man, a consistent thought about peace. His thought about peace is a priceless spiritual heritage of the Party and our nation in the process of building and developing the country.
