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1971 newsreel about the peace talks. Following the strong showing of anti-war candidate Eugene McCarthy in the New Hampshire primary, in March 1968 U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson halted bombing operations over the northern portion of North Vietnam (Operation Rolling Thunder), in order to encourage Hanoi (the perceived locus of the insurgency) to begin negotiations.
In late March 1968 COSVN and B2 Front leaders held meetings to review the results of the Tet Offensive. Lê Duẩn, the driving force behind the Tet Offensive, and General Hoàng Văn Thái wished to renew the offensive before the start of the southern monsoon began in mid-May in order to improve their position at the Paris Peace Talks which were about to commence.
The Paris Peace Talks were called off less than 24 hours before they were to open, after the VC negotiator, Nguyen Thi Binh, said at her press conference that the group had a series of demands before it would negotiate, and the conditions were unacceptable to South Vietnam. [149] 7 November – 4 April 1969
The peace talks were originally scheduled to begin on Friday, May 10, but on Saturday May 11 they were rescheduled for Monday, May 13, the day after the main attack on KD. On 28 May, MACV revealed a captured PAVN directive that indicated that the North Vietnamese saw the May Offensive as a way to influence the Paris Peace talks.
An FBI document of a conversation between two Nixon campaign workers, future Attorney General John Mitchell and Asian-American lobbyist Anna Chennault confirmed her discussion that she had contacted South Vietnam ambassador to the U.S. Bui Diem to confirm that South Vietnam would avoid participating in the Paris Peace Talks.
Nixon administration covert plan to coerce the North Vietnamese to make concessions at the Paris Peace Talks: 68 – 69: Operation Inferno [1] USAF operation to start fires by dropping bulk fuel from C-130s in concentrated areas. The operation was eventually deemed cost prohibitive: Jan 1 – Feb 1973: Operation Igloo White [3]: 83–302 [4]
The Paris Peace Talks between the United States and North Vietnam opened at the conference center on Avenue Kléber, and would result in a preliminary agreement on October 27. [79] Born: Paul Tibbitt, American animator and voice actor, best known for working on the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants; in Los Angeles County, California [80]
In peace talks in Paris, aimed at negotiating an end to the Vietnam War, U.S. negotiator W. Averell Harriman had his first private meeting with his counterpart from North Vietnam, Le Duc Tho. The two diplomats conferred, along with their interpreters, at the Paris suburb of Vitry-sur-Seine. [27] Born: