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The Paris Peace Accords (Vietnamese: Hiệp định Paris về Việt Nam), officially the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Viet Nam (Hiệp định về chấm dứt chiến tranh, lập lại hòa bình ở Việt Nam), was a peace agreement signed on January 27, 1973, to establish peace in Vietnam and end the Vietnam War.
As U.S. National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger prepared to resume peace talks with North Vietnam in Paris, Nixon told him that "almost any settlement would be tolerable." Nixon expressed willingness to accept the draft agreement of October 1972 with a few cosmetic changes to make it appear the U.S. had gained something in the negotiations.
Chennault involvement with the Paris peace talks on behalf of Nixon is sometimes called the "Chennault Affair." [71] [72] William Bundy wrote that "probably no great chance was lost" for peace. [73] John A. Farrell has argued that, given the incompatible agendas of Hanoi and Saigon, the chances for peace in the fall of 1968 were overrated. [73]
US President Nixon’s special advisor Henry Kissinger laughs during a press conference, after the implementation of the Paris Peace Accords, with North Vietnam in Paris on June 13, 1973 (AFP via ...
October 4 – President Nixon meets with David Bruce and Philip Habib during the Paris peace talks. [77] October 5 – President Nixon comments that he believes his trip to Europe has greatly aided in securing a generation of peace. [78] President Nixon visits the graves of his ancestors during a ceremony in Dublin, Ireland. [79]
"Peace with Honor" was a phrase U.S. President Richard Nixon used in a speech on January 23, 1973 to describe the Paris Peace Accords to end the Vietnam War.The phrase is a variation on a campaign promise Nixon made in 1968: "I pledge to you that we shall have an honorable end to the war in Vietnam."
Nixon had been elected in 1968 on the promise of achieving "peace with honor" and ending the Vietnam War. By promising to continue the peace talks which Johnson began in May 1968 in Paris, Nixon admitted that he had ruled out "a military victory" in Vietnam. [14]
July 12 – Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield claims President Nixon has privately ordered a reducing in pressure from the military in Vietnam as an attempt to dismiss Paris peace talks amid an interview. [81]