Henry Kissinger Negotiations
October of 1970, Henry Kissinger, the National Security Adviser of the United States was meeting secretly with the North Vietnamese Communist negotiator, Le Duc Tho on the outskirts of Paris in hopes of establishing a peace agreement. The agreement would entail the removal of American troops, freeing all prisoners of war, and would result in political stability for South Vietnam. “We knew it was a precarious agreement," Kissinger said, in fear of an all-out invasion of the communists that the South Vietnamese could not compete against.
Because the South Vietnamese Leader, Nguyen Van Thieu was not included in these secret consultations, he was furious and demanded many changes within the peace treaty. President Nixon promised $1 million in military weapons and aerial equipment, alongside the agreement that America would support the South in invading North Vietnam again if they did not abide to the Peace Agreements.
On the 27th of January, an official peace document was signed. The agreements signed upon were heavily influenced and almost identical to the negotiations from Kissinger and Tho. Because of Kissinger’s actions, an establishment of the Paris Peace Accords concluded the combat in Vietnam and by the following March, all United States troops were granted the opportunity to return home.
Because the South Vietnamese Leader, Nguyen Van Thieu was not included in these secret consultations, he was furious and demanded many changes within the peace treaty. President Nixon promised $1 million in military weapons and aerial equipment, alongside the agreement that America would support the South in invading North Vietnam again if they did not abide to the Peace Agreements.
On the 27th of January, an official peace document was signed. The agreements signed upon were heavily influenced and almost identical to the negotiations from Kissinger and Tho. Because of Kissinger’s actions, an establishment of the Paris Peace Accords concluded the combat in Vietnam and by the following March, all United States troops were granted the opportunity to return home.