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9 Juli 1971
Henry Kissinger arrived secretly in Beijing through a Pakistani diplomatic channel and met Premier Zhou Enlai. The talks prepared President Richard Nixonâs visit and began a major realignment in...
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27 Januari 1973
The accords set terms for ending direct U.S. military involvement and recognized the right of the Vietnamese people to self-determination. The USSR had supplied the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, but...
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18 Maart 1969
The United States began the secret Operation Menu bombing of Cambodian border areas. The campaign violated Cambodian neutrality and intensified conflict across Indochina; estimates of civilian...
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27 Januari 1973
The United States, Democratic Republic of Vietnam, Republic of Vietnam and Provisional Revolutionary Government signed the agreement. It provided for a ceasefire and U.S. troop withdrawal, but did not...
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26 Oktober 1972
U.S. National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger publicly said that a peace agreement was near after secret negotiations with LĂȘ Äức Thá». President Nguyá»
n VÄn Thiá»u rejected key terms and the...
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26 April 1970
A U.S. directive authorized the deployment of U.S. and South Vietnamese ground forces into Cambodia. The campaign widened the war into a formally neutral state and provoked intense opposition in the...
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24 Maart 1972
The United States announced an indefinite suspension of public meetings in Paris. As negotiations stalled, combat and bombing continued; public diplomacy became intertwined with pressure tactics and...
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13 December 1972
Negotiations between U.S. and North Vietnamese representatives broke down. Nixon then ordered the massive Linebacker II air campaign, showing how coercive bombing was used as leverage while...
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23 Januari 1973
Henry Kissinger and LĂȘ Äức Thá» initialed the text later signed as the Paris Peace Accords. The private negotiations had produced a settlement among Vietnamese parties and the United States, but the...
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12 Februari 1973
Operation Homecoming began with the release of U.S. prisoners from North Vietnam. The National Archives records 591 American prisoners released under the agreement, while Vietnamese detainees and...
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17 Mei 1973
The two negotiators resumed meetings as fighting continued and the ceasefire proved unstable. The U.S. diplomatic record describes the MayâJune meetings as an unsuccessful effort to reaffirm the...
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13 Juni 1973
The June communiqué attempted to reaffirm implementation of the Paris agreement after continued fighting. The diplomatic effort could not resolve the conflict between the South Vietnamese parties,...
