Indochinese Communist Party

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Indochinese Communist Party
Founder
Comintern
Colors  Red
Party flag

The Indochinese Communist Party (ICP)

Vietnamese Communist Party (Vietnamese
: Việt Nam Cộng sản Đảng) in October 1930. This party dissolved itself on 11 November 1945.

Background

A 1930 newspaper article in the Thanh Nghệ Tịnh tân văn (清乂靜新聞) entitled Cộng sản Đảng chi tiễu trừ (共產黨之剿除, "Eradication of the Communist Party").

The

Comintern argued that the communist movement should be promoted in the whole of French Indochina (including Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam) rather than only in Vietnam, therefore it urged the Vietnamese Communist Party to transform itself into the Indochinese Communist Party.[1] The Communist International had a substantial degree of control both over the party's policies and over the composition of its leadership in return of financial aid.[2]

The

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The organization emerged from a network of revolutionary committees formed among Vietnamese residents in the border areas of Cambodia towards the end of 1946.

Kandal Province.[3] The League for National Salvation of Vietnamese Residents of Kampuchea was set up as a front organization of the Indochinese Communist Party in March 1947, merging the various local revolutionary committees.[3][4] One of the first Viet Minh documents captured by the French in Cambodia was dated 30 April 1949 and revealed the existence of the League, as well as detailing a proposed Vietnamese-Khmer alliance against the French.[5][6][7]

In 1950, Vietnamese sources claimed the organization had a membership of 50,000.[8]

Transformation

In a resolution issued by the Vietnamese Communist Party in October 1930, the party criticized its own regulations and party name, with the resolution stating: "When naming the party "Vietnamese Communist Party", it implies that Cambodia and Laos are not concerned. Excluding these countries is a wrong thing because Annam, Cambodia and Laos should closely contact each other in terms of politics and economics even though they do not share a language, custom, and ethic". The party resolved "to give up the name "Vietnamese Communist Party" and to take the new name "Indochinese Communist Party".[9]

Later, the ICP issued a statement to explain the reason for changing its name. Noting the historical relationship between Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, the flyer emphasized the need of a union of three countries to overthrow the French colonial regime in Indochina.[10]

Party activity program

The party program of action was based on 10 points:[11]

  1. To overthrow French imperialism, Vietnamese feudalism and reactionary bourgeoisie;
  2. To make Indochina completely independent;
  3. To establish a worker-peasant-soldier government;
  4. To confiscate banks and other enterprises belonging to the imperialists and put them under the control of the worker-peasant-soldier government;
  5. To confiscate all the plantations and property belonging to the imperialists and the reactionary bourgeoisie and distribute them to the poor;
  6. To implement eight-hour working days;
  7. To abolish the forced buying of government bonds, the poll tax and all unjust taxes that the poor has to pay;
  8. To bring democratic freedoms to the masses;
  9. To dispense education to all the people; and
  10. To realize equality between men and women.

Dissolution

On 11 November 1945, the Indochinese Communist Party issued a communique to dissolve itself.

Lao People's Party
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See also

Notes

  1. ^
    • French: Parti communiste indochinois
    • Vietnamese: Đảng Cộng sản Đông Dương
    • Khmer: បក្សកុម្មុយនីស្តឥណ្ឌូចិន
    • Lao: ອິນດູຈີນພັກກອມມູນິດ
    • Chinese: 印度支那共產黨

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