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*Ho's real name and age are not precisely known. He was born Nguyen Tat Thanh, or Nguyen Sinh Huy, or Nguyen Van Thanh, in 1890, 1892 or 1894, son to a poor but well-read local official who lost his job for opposing the French. Ho was known for about 20 years as Nguyen Ai Quoc, meaning "Nguyen the Patriot." The name Ho Chi Minh, meaning "He who Enlightens," is the latest of about a dozen aliases; it was adopted during World War II. * In the South, the Viet Minh is so far behaving with outward correctness; the Viet Minh has even made a show of evacuating several hundred regular troops to the North.