As the Sino-Soviet split widened in the following months, Hanoi began to play the two communist giants off against each other. The North Vietnamese leadership approved tentative measures to revive the southern insurgency in December 1956. This decision was made at the 11th Plenary Session of the Lao Động Central Committee. Lê Duẩn's blueprint for revolution in the South was approved in principle, but implementation was conditional on winning international support and on modernizing the army, which was expected to take at least until 1959.Ang, p. 19 President Hồ Chí Minh stressed that violence was still a last resort. Nguyễn Hữu Xuyên was assigned military command in the South,Ang, p. 20. replacing Lê Duẩn, who was appointed North Vietnam's acting party boss. This represented a loss of power for Hồ, who preferred the more moderate Võ Nguyên Giáp, who was defense minister.
as the sino-soviet split widened in the following months hanoi began to play the two communist giants off against each other the north vietnamese leadership approved tentative measures to revive the southern insurgency in december 1956 this decision was made at the 11th plenary session of the lao động central committee lê duẩn's blueprint for revolution in the south was approved in principle but implementation was conditional on winning international support and on modernizing the army which was expected to take at least until 1959ang p 19 president hồ chí minh stressed that violence was still a last resort nguyễn hữu xuyên was assigned military command in the southang p 20 replacing lê duẩn who was appointed north vietnam's acting party boss this represented a loss of power for hồ who preferred the more moderate võ nguyên giáp who was defense minister