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> had the Versailles Treaty granted Vietnam its independence, as Ho Chi Minh requested when he attended the Hall of Mirrors conference.

I don't think this was likely. Those were the times when raw power roared around the globe. What did Ho Chi Minh have to put on the table with other giants to even make others notice? Unprecedented free will?

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The versailles treaty was claimed to be predicated on "national self-determination". Had that really been the case, vietnam would have got its independence.

What really happened was that national self-determination resulted in the puzzling fact that Baron Von Trapp was a veteran of the austrian navy.

thanks for answering with facts

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