On this day in 1972, a breakthrough in the Paris Peace Talks to end the Vietnam War.
Source: Possible breakthrough at Paris Peace Talks – Oct 08, 1972 – HISTORY.com
Paris has served as host for many peace agreements, including the Paris Peace Talks to end the Vietnam War.
France might seem to be a small nation, but the country has played a role in many events in history that are often forgotten about. One such event is the Paris Peace Talks that brought an end to the Vietnam War. Also known as the “Paris Peace Accords,” the talks were held in a villa just outside of Paris, with Henry Kissinger, President Richard Nixon’s National Security Advisor, and Le Duc Tho, chief negotiator for Hanoi, as two of the main parties in the talks. On this day in 1972, Tho presented a draft peace agreement that accepted in substance earlier U.S. terms, including to administrations remain in South Vietnam to negotiate general elections, and that political issues be settled by a “National Council of Reconciliation” until a final agreement could be reached.
The official end of the Vietnam War would come in January 1973.
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