William J. Duiker: "[Ho Chi Minh] selalu sadar bahwa kondisi di Cina d...

"[Ho Chi Minh] selalu sadar bahwa kondisi di Cina dan Vietnam tidak selalu sama. Dia "bersujud" kepada orang Cina - sebagaimana dia harus ke Uni Soviet - untuk menerima bantuan mereka, tetapi dia diam-diam bekerja untuk membatasi bentuk-bentuk pengaruh yang tidak dia setujui (seperti bentuk-bentuk keras reformasi tanah dan Lompatan Jauh ke Depan). Sayangnya, ia tidak selalu berhasil menangkis bentuk-bentuk nasihat eksternal yang tidak ia setujui."

--- William J. Duiker

Versi Bahasa Inggris

[Ho Chi Minh] was always conscious that conditions in China and Vietnam were not always the same. He "kowtowed" to the Chinese - as he had to the Soviet Union - in order to receive their assistance, but he quietly worked to limit those forms of influence of which he did not approve (such as the harsh forms of land reform and the Great Leap Forward). Unfortunately, he was not always successful in fending off those forms of external advice that he didn't agree with.