PRESIDENT NIXON ANNOUNCES END OF VIETNAM WAR
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On January 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon announced that Secretary of State Henry Kissinger* and North Vietnamese envoy Le Duc Tho** had agreed to "end the war (in Vietnam) and bring peace with honor..."
The Paris Peace Accords set January 27, 1973, 7 pm (EST) for a "cease-fire" to begin. All POWS are to be released and all troops American and foreign are to be removed in sixty days.
*Henry Alfred Kissinger (1923-2023) was born in Furth, Germany & emigrated to the U.S. in 1938. He attended Harvard University & became a government professor. HAK was national security adviser 1969-1975 & Sec of State under Nixon & Ford. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973.
**Le Duc Tho (1911-1990) was born in Nam Dinh, Vietnam & became the 1st Asian to win the Nobel Peace Prize. LDT refused to accept it because "the aggressor & the victim of aggression (were put) on the same par."
SOURCE
"Peace Comes To Vietnam," January 23, 1973, JFK+50, January 23, 2011, www.jfk50.blogspot.com/
