Resolve To Win US Invaders

Propaganda was used extensively by Communist forces in the Vietnam War as means of controlling people’s opinions. Radio stations like Radio Hanoi were in an integral part of North Vietnamese propaganda operations. Communist Vietnamese politician Mai Chi Tho, commenting on the use of propaganda, stated:

“Ho Chi Minh may have been an evil man; Nixon may have been a great man. The Americans may have had the just cause; we may not have had the just cause. But we won and the Americans were defeated because we convinced the people that Ho Chi Minh is the great man, that Nixon is a murderer and the Americans are the invaders… The key factor is how to control people and their opinions. Only Marxism–Leninism can do that.”