Think As Historian: THINK AS A HISTORIAN: SIGNIfICANCE Of PURPOSE AND AUDIENCE

Ho Chi Minh began his speech announcing the formation of the Indo-Chinese Communist Party (excerpted in Short-Answer Question 1) by addressing the audience:

“Workers, peasants, soldiers, youth and school students!

Oppressed and exploited fellow-countrymen!

Sisters and brothers! Comrades!”

Identify Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh’s purpose and audience. Given those, explain the possible limitations of his account as a historical source. Describe two ways the potential limitations of this source might be overcome.