namese Workers ' Party". Article 12 of Chapter Three of the Manifesto and ?lattorm of the Parry issued in February 1951,reads as follows: .., the pecple of Viernam are willing tc enter into long term co-o;eretion wl:h the people of Laos and Cambodia, with a view to bringing about 82 independent, free, strong and prosperous federation of the States of Vietnm, Lacs an8 Ca3lbodia." A f?v wee:<5 af'ter the puSlicaticn of that document, at the 'Ya:ional Csngress cf Unification" which merged the Viezminh Front into the -: -en Vie:, Eo Cki Winh stated: "'I am all the more happy that our people have beer. joined by the two brcther pecples, Cambodia and Laos. We are going to rea';-e seen --"- the peat union of Vietnam-Lacs-Cmbodia." (quoted from "'Jci:~ =? ‘v'ie.:naT.", 19 March 1951) directive Even more explicitly, a "top secret" Vie~samese Workers' Party c<rcuiated 8 months later informed Parzy members -chat "later on, when cccd.iticcs perzit this to be carried out, the three revolutionary parties of Vietnam, Cszbodia and Laos will be reunited to Zorm a single Party." 02 2L February 1951, Vietnam News Agency wrote: ,I . . . The Vietzish league is now planning to unite the national united fronts cf Viec,wT, Lacs ar.9 Ca!!bodia into a nation52 united Front of Indochina, . . WhiCZl Will be calLe2 the Indochina Wazional Independence League." 11 .m - *-. .w -r-$ s-v- j4 I- S;k. .“.“..;.~,‘~~~~~c~~ & B/40/636 Ll "Vietnamese Communism, its origins and developments" by Robert F. Turner - Hoover Institution Press - Standford UniVerSity - California / . . . A/40/678 9117492 EnqLiah Pacae 3 2. “,.* the peoples of Vietnam, Laoa and Kampuchea .., murt build ties of special soli&trity, strategic alliance and close combat coordination according to a commor. strstegic plan., . ‘Indochfnr is d single battlefield”. 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the political and ideological goals of the Vietnamese Communist Party, specifically with regards to the unification of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. The language used is focused on the concept of a single, unified entity (a "federation" or "single Party") and the need for strategic coordination and cooperation between the three countries.

**Category**
Politics, International Relations