Ellison, Richard Negroponte, John D
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From 1964 to 1968, John Negroponte was Second Secretary in Saigon; from 1968 to 1969, a member of U.S. Delegation to Paris Peace Talks; and from 1970 to 1973, a member of the National Security Council staff. He describes the mood in Paris in 1968 as euphoric, thinking the negotiations for peace with the North Vietnamese would be quick. He discusses President Nixon and Secretary Kissingers thinking about the negotiations in the context of China and the Soviet Union. He describes the character of Le Duc Tho, who secretly met with Kissinger to help advance the Peace Accords. Negroponte goes into detail about the issue of the withdrawal of North Vietnamese troops from the South. He describes the purpose of the Christmas Bombing of North Vietnam in 1972 and responds to questions about Nixons decision to not back up a promise to intervene in North Vietnam if the cease-fire was broken.
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- Agreement On Ending The War And Restoring Peace In Vietnam (1973)
- Armistices
- Bombing, Aerial
- Cambodia
- Foreign Relations
- Government
- History
- Le Duc Tho, 1911 1990
- Peace Treaties
- Personal Narratives, American
- Politics And Government
- Soviet Union
- United States
- Vietnam
- Vietnam (Democratic Republic)
- Vietnam (Republic)
- Vietnam War, 1961 1975