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I accept all dates from multiple sources for historical
examination. However, I believe we need to explore the
months preceding World War One and move forward from
there.

At the end of WWI, the policies of President Woodrow
Wilson played an important role in developments leading

to the present-day nation of Vietnam.

Pre-WWI guarantees and policies of President Wilson
unquestionably influenced Ho Chi Minh and entangled the
United States.

8 January 1918, President Woodrow Wilson issued a
statement which became known as the Fourteen Points.
The statement outlined a policy of free trade, open
agreements, democracy and self-determination.