Interview: 1945-1954 Vietnam Nationalist Parties' activities
From: François Guillemot <francois.guillemot@ens-lyon.fr>
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2022 12:24 AM
To: vu tuong <vhtuong@yahoo.com>; Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: [Vsg] Publication of interviews with leaders and party members of nationalist parties in Vietnam on their activities 1945-1954
Dear Vu Tuong,
This is good news and great job, I myself carried out interviews in California in 1998 with some leaders of these Vietnamese political parties in 1998 as part of my PhD thesis (focuses on the historical process of Dai Viêt QDD through revolution and war from 1938 to 1955).
That year and after, I remember my very useful conversation by telephone with Nguyen Tuong Bach and I had the opportunity to meet directly Nguyen Ton Hoan and his wife with Phan Dang Canh from DVQDD in Nguyen Ton Hoan's house, Nguyen Vanh Canh, Pham Chi Chinh from DV Duy Dân in Montréal, Bui Diem and Dang Quoc Co in Paris and some others in Tân Dai Viêt political party. I regret not having been able to meet Dang Van Sung who died earlier the same year.
All these interviews and documents are important sources to use, think and analyze processes of independence, revolution, war and nation building in Vietnam.
I will take great attention to these new sources.
All the best
FG
From: vu tuong <vhtuong@yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2022 1:12 PM
To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
Subject: [Vsg] Publication of interviews with leaders and party members of nationalist parties in Vietnam on their activities 1945-1954
Dear VSGers,
Happy New Year!
I'm happy to announce new materials for researchers interested in studying Vietnam's politics during 1945-1954.
The US-Vietnam Research Center at the University of Oregon just began publishing a collection of interview transcripts. These interviews were conducted by Professor Nguyen Manh Hung (George Mason University, emeritus) under the auspices of the US Social Science Research Council, from 1986 to 2021.
His 33 interviewees included leaders and important party members of nationalist parties in Vietnam in the first half of the 20th century, including Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng (Vietnam Nationalist Party), Đại Việt Quốc Dân Đảng (Nationalist Party of Greater Vietnam), and Đại Việt Duy Dân Đảng (Populist Revolutionary Party of Greater Vietnam).
Here is Professor Nguyen Manh Hung's introduction of the collection in English:
https://usvietnam.uoregon.edu/en/vietnams-nationalist-parties-1945-1954-interviews-with-witnesses/
In this article, readers can find links to interview transcripts in the Vietnamese page of the US-Vietnam Research Center's website.
We first publish interviews with historical figures of Đại Việt Quốc Dân Đảng to be followed by the other two parties. We intend to publish one transcript every 2 weeks, and have published 4 such documents. FYI, all the transcripts are in original Vietnamese language and have not been translated into English.
Table of Content (in Vietnamese)
https://usvietnam.uoregon.edu/dang-phai-quoc-gia-viet-nam/
Introduction to Book I, about Đại Việt Quốc Dân Đảng
https://usvietnam.uoregon.edu/phan-gioi-thieu-dai-viet-quoc-dan-dang/
Interview with Nguyễn Văn Canh
https://usvietnam.uoregon.edu/phong-van-nguyen-van-canh/
Interview with Phạm Văn Liễu
https://usvietnam.uoregon.edu/phong-van-pham-van-lieu/
Interview with Đào Nhật Tiến
https://usvietnam.uoregon.edu/phong-van-dao-nhat-tien/
Interview with Nguyễn Tôn Hoàn
https://usvietnam.uoregon.edu/phong-van-nguyen-ton-hoan/
We hope this new source will be useful, and welcome suggestions or questions from readers.
Best,
Tuong Vu
US-Vietnam Research Center, University of Oregon