Word: duan
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Party), last week was elevated from the vice-presidency to the post left vacant by Ho's death in September. Thang's accession to the presidency confirmed that none of the four real rivals for Ho's mantle - Premier Pham Van Dong, Party Boss Le Duan, National Assembly Chairman Truong Chinh and Defense Minister Vo Nguyen Giap - are yet strong enough to claim it for themselves...
...capital for the occasion, including an unofficial group of Americans led by U.S. Communist Party Leader Gus Hall. Delegates had laid wreaths at the foot of Ho's bier. The three men who are expected to wield his powers, at least for a while -Dong, Party Secretary Le Duan and National Assembly Chairman Truong Chinh-stood watch for a time, as did other leading officials...
During the ceremonies, Le Duan played the leading role. He read a series of oaths (to win the war, for example), and with each, the throngs in Ba Dinh Square raised their arms and roared: "We swear it!" Duan also read Ho's will and delivered the funeral oration as well. Despite his prominent role, however, analysts agree that he will share power with Dong and Chinh for the foreseeable future...
...gave him the job of running the whole party. Le Duan also organized the Liberation Front, the Viet Cong's political structure now represented at the Paris talks...
...after Mao Tse-tung's epic 7,000-mile trek to sanctuary in Yenan in 1934. Chinh may be too far out on Peking's political limb to head up Hanoi's middle-of-the-road leadership. Moreover, he has been at odds with both Le Duan and General Giap. With Ho gone as a mediating force, Chinh could find himself isolated by his enemies-unless he manages to isolate them first...