Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
April 1956 — The last French troops finally withdraw from Vietnam. 1954–1956 — 450,000 Vietnamese civilians flee the Viet Minh administration in North Vietnam and relocate in South Vietnam as part of the US government's Operation Passage to Freedom. Approximately 52,000 move in the opposite direction. Dr.
Martin's hope was that North Vietnam's leaders would be willing to allow a "phased withdrawal" whereby a gradual departure might be achieved to allow helpful locals and all Americans to leave (along with full military withdrawal) over a period of months. [citation needed]
Various names have been applied and have shifted over time, though Vietnam War is the most commonly used title in English. It has been called the Second Indochina War since it spread to Laos and Cambodia, [63] the Vietnam Conflict, [64] [65] and Nam (colloquially 'Nam). In Vietnam it is commonly known as Kháng chiến chống Mỹ (lit.
National Security Action Memorandum No. 263 was approved by President Kennedy on 11 October. NSAM 263 accepted the military recommendations of McNamara and Taylor, as follows: (1) changes to be accomplished by the government of South Vietnam to improve its military performance; (2) a training program for Vietnamese "so that essential functions can be carried out by Vietnamese by the end of 1965.
The withdrawal of all US and allied forces within sixty days. The return of prisoners of war parallel to the above. The clearing of mines from North Vietnamese ports by the US. The reunification of Vietnam through peaceful means without coercion or annexation by either party, and without foreign interference.
North Vietnam agreed to a ceasefire and to return all American prisoners of war. North Vietnam was permitted to leave 150,000 soldiers and to retain the territory it controlled in South Vietnam. [25] The U.S. and North Vietnam also pledged to withdraw their military forces from Laos and Cambodia and cease military operations there. [22]: 36
While National Security Action Memorandum 263, the result of a meeting that took place on October 5, 1963, had cited called for the withdraw of 1,000 U.S. military personnel from South Vietnam by the end of 1963 and explicitly stipulated that no formal announcement should be made, National Security Action Memorandum 273 referred to a slightly ...
In exchange, the US promised to withdraw from South Vietnam, cut off aid, and convene peace talks in Paris. Kissinger also warned that any North Vietnamese attacks against Saigon or Tan Son Nhat International Airport or interference with the U.S. withdrawal would cause a "most dangerous situation."