Abstract
THE YEAR 1975 began with the same basic problems confronting the leaders of the Vietnam Workers' Party (VWP) as in previous years: how to carry out the two strategic tasks drawn up by the Party at its Third National Congress in September 1960-socialist construction in the North and a national democratic revolution in the South. As a result of a policy review made 18 months after the signing of the 1973 Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam, the VWP leadership decided to initiate an upsurge in revolutionary violence with the aim of pressuring the Thieu regime to implement certain of the political provisions of the 1973 Agreement. What resulted was totally unplanned and unexpected: in the short space of 55 days, the Republic of Vietnam (RVN) and its armed forces, completely demoralized and disorganized, surrendered unconditionally to the Communists. In short, the era of national liberation was at an end. Throughout the remainder of the year the Party set about reuniting the two parts of Vietnam. According to the official VWP newspaper, Nhan Dan (September 5, 1975), there remains but one strategic task, socialist construction:
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