Under the name Nguyen Ai Quoc, he petitioned the Allies for Vietnamese self-determination in Paris in 1917
Just before the war 
ended, Ho moved to Paris, changed his name to Nguyen Ai Quoc (Nguyen the... [DOC] [TLE] United States  Vietnam Relations, 19451967: A Study Prepared ... [PAR] Aug 17, 2012 ... Fifty-five years of age in 1945, he had been a communist for twenty-five .... of 
President Truman in October, 1945, endorsing national self-determination.