Paris Peace Talks
The Paris Peace Talks, which included secret bilateral preparatory talks, formal meetings, walkouts from negotiations, and return to the table after military force, resulted in a formal document signing on January 28, 1973. They signaled an end to U.S. combat involvement in the Vietnam War, making the Republic of Vietnam responsible for South Vietnam's ground war, 1972-1975. The latter ended with the fall of South Vietnam in 1975.
Among the preconditions for discussion, set by the effective head of the North Vietnamese delegation, Le Duc Tho, were total U.S. withdrawal, removal of the South Vietnamese government and replacement by a NLF-based coalition with approval over other members,
In the preliminary discussions of the Paris Peace Talks, Le Duc Tho had originally demanded demanded the "Thieu-Ky-Huong" group be replaced as part of non-negotiable preconditions for negotiations. [1] Once Khiem replaced Huong, the North Vietnamese demand changed to removal of "Thiu-Ky-Khiem".[2]
- ↑ Henry Kissinger (1973), Ending the Vietman War: A history of America's Involvment in and Extrication from the Vietnam War, Simon & Schuster, p. 89
- ↑ Kissinger, p. 115n