Uncle Ho with the border guards

(Baonghean.vn) - The People's Armed Police (now the Border Guard) was established on March 3, 1959 and had the great honor of receiving a mission from President Ho Chi Minh on the first day of its establishment.

At the founding ceremony of the People's Public Security Forces, now the Border Guard, on March 3, 1959, Uncle Ho attended, encouraged and assigned tasks. He said: "The establishment of the People's Public Security Forces is a success in solidarity and mutual assistance between the Army and the Police. The Police and the Army are the two arms of the people, the Party, and the Government. They must unite closely with each other, help each other, strive to promote their strengths, and overcome incorrect thoughts. The People's Public Security Forces or the Army are the same, they must obey the leadership of the Party from top to bottom. It must be like that."

Uncle Ho visited officers and soldiers of the Hanoi People's Police on the occasion of the Year of the Cat (1963).

The People's Public Security Forces must always help, organize, and educate the people, making every citizen their servant. Only then will they be effective, especially in ethnic minority areas. They must pay attention to the customs and habits of the people, always help and educate the people, and make the people trust and respect the cadres. Then the people will help them to the fullest extent, sometimes even sacrificing for us.

For units in the border areas or on islands, this must be given utmost attention, and the people must be helped, and every day every way must be found to educate, assist, and organize them. To do this, it is necessary to have a firm grasp of the policy towards ethnic minorities.

Another point is that we must be frugal in building the Army, and the same goes for the Police. We should not set up many desks and typewriters, avoid bureaucracy, uselessness, and impracticality. We must remember to be frugal. Another point is that for our brothers in remote and difficult places, where we have to climb mountains and wade through streams, our superiors must pay more attention than for units in the city. But at the same time, these units must also have a spirit of perseverance and self-reliance to some extent.

For example: Wherever the troops are stationed, they must grow vegetables, potatoes, cassava to eat, raise chickens, raise pigs to improve their own lives. Superiors must pay attention to the material and spiritual lives of soldiers, but soldiers must also have initiatives to improve their own lives. That is an experience. So Uncle Ho said: Wrong thoughts must be corrected; We must unite and learn from each other, always help each other to progress, must rely on the people, strive to unite and help the people. Cadres must take care of the spiritual and material lives of soldiers.

Uncle Ho visited the army units participating in the 1950 Border Campaign. Photo: Document

In conclusion, Uncle Ho had the following sentences: Unity, vigilance; Integrity, thrift; Completing tasks; Overcoming difficulties; Courage in front of the enemy; Forgetting oneself for the country; Loyalty to the Party; Devotion to the people.

At the first emulation congress of the People's Public Security Forces (now the Border Guard) in 1962, Uncle Ho attended and encouraged the congress: Uncle Ho, on behalf of the Party Central Committee and the Government, visited the delegates at this congress. Most of you worked on islands, at the border, far from the plains and cities, so the Party Central Committee, the Government and Uncle Ho paid great attention to you. Uncle Ho did not get to report in detail, he only mentioned your strengths and mentioned a few points that you should pay more attention to and try harder.

Firstly, you have helped local cadres and local people complete the tasks assigned to them by the Party and Government. For example, you have done quite well in organizing cooperatives combined with democratic reforms in mountainous areas.

In the past, people lived in unsanitary conditions, scattered, and without organization. Now, you guys help people organize into hamlets, villages, and communes, which is good. Or you help train local militia, help the locality maintain and preserve order and security, suppress bandits and counter-revolutionaries, and even help cooperatives with tens of thousands of working days during the harvest season. Those are good points.

Another good point is the increase in production, savings, and self-reliance. I heard reports that some units were 50% self-sufficient in food, some were 3 months self-sufficient in food, that was good. One thing I was very pleased about was hearing that all units had organized to help the locality build more than 100 Party cells and 300 youth union cells. That was very good and commendable.

President Ho Chi Minh presented his badge to officers and soldiers of the 600th CANDVT Regiment who achieved many achievements in protection work.

Uncle told you guys a few points that you must strengthen further in the future, try to strengthen even more. First of all, you must always raise your vigilance and be ready to fight. It is not enough for you guys to be vigilant, you must also make the people vigilant and help you and your unit in your work.

Second, the organization and work plan must be further strengthened. You have done a good job in border protection, but I heard that you are still inexperienced. And if you are inexperienced, then the officers in charge must bear a large part of the responsibility.

Third, we must unite, unite closely, unite internally, unite the army and the people. You are stationed in many places that are ethnic minority areas, so we must fully implement ethnic policies, and we must do it skillfully.

Fourth, we must try to study politics, professional skills, military, culture and current events.

Fifth, the emulation movement must be persistent and continuous. You guys have competed and achieved, but Uncle Ho told us to be persistent and continuous. Uncle Ho was very pleased to hear that in the units, 29% were Party members and 60% were Youth Union members. That is nearly 90% of the Party and Youth Union. In the Army, that is a very strong force.

Uncle Ho talked with officers and soldiers of the armed forces of Vinh Phuc province on March 2, 1963.

That is the core, the very strong foundation. Strengthening the Party and the Youth Union work will increase professional work and all other work. The advantages that Uncle Ho mentioned above and the points that Uncle Ho advised, you must have good inspection and supervision work.

Uncle Ho spoke little, but if you remember and do what he said, that is good enough. Uncle Ho concluded that if you develop the strengths you already have and do exactly what he reminded you of, you will make a worthy contribution to the cause of building socialism in the North and the struggle for peaceful reunification of the country.

I will give your organization a rotating flag to reward the best performing unit. I will sign this flag and the unit that wins the flag will have its name embroidered here, any unit that has it embroidered 2 or 3 times is very precious. Finally, I will give you a few sentences, those of you who are good at writing or poetry can revise them to make them better:

The green mountains and blue waters are endless/ To protect our Fatherland, we do not fear hardship/ The higher the mountains, the higher the career/ The deeper the sea, the deeper our spirit/ We compete to seize the leading flag.

Uncle Ho visited a military unit of Military Region 4 (1961). Photo: Document

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