Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume
VIII, Vietnam, January–October 1972
Persons
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Abrams, Creighton W., General,
USA, Commander, United States Military
Assistance Command, Vietnam until June 28, 1972; Chief of Staff, USA, from October 12
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Askew, Laurin B., Office of
the Vietnam Working Group, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs,
Department of State
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Batitsky, Pavel, Marshal, chief
of Soviet air defense forces
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Bennett, Donald V., Lieutenant
General, USA, Director, Defense Intelligence
Agency
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Berger, Samuel D., Deputy U.S.
Ambassador to South Vietnam until March 1972
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Binh, Nguyen Thi,
see
Nguyen Thi Binh
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Bo, Mai Van,
see
Mai Van Bo
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Brennan, Peter J., labor
leader (President of New York City Building and Construction Trades Council
and New York Building and Construction Trades Council) and Nixon supporter
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Brezhnev, Leonid, General
Secretary, Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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Bunker, Ellsworth, U.S.
Ambassador to South Vietnam
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Butterfield, Alexander P.,
Deputy Assistant to the President
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Buzhardt, J. Fred, General
Counsel, Department of Defense
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Carver, George A., Jr.,
Special Assistant for Vietnamese Affairs to the Director for Central
Intelligence
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Chou En-lai (Zhou Enlai),
Premier, People’s Republic of China
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Clarey, Bernard A. “Chick,”
Admiral, USN, Commander in Chief,
United States Pacific Fleet, Pacific Command
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Clay, Lucius D., General,
USAF, Commander, Air Force, Pacific
Command
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Colby, William E., Executive
Director–Comptroller, Central Intelligence Agency
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Colson, Charles, Special
Assistant to the President
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Connally, John B., Jr.,
Secretary of the Treasury until June 12, 1972
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Cooper, Damon W., Admiral,
USN, Commander, (Carrier) Task Force
77
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Christison, William, analyst,
Central Intelligence Agency
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Dang Van Quang, Lieutenant
General, ARVN, Military Assistant to
President Thieu
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DePuy, William E., Lieutenant
General, USA, Assistant Vice Chief of the
Army; from 1966 until 1967 commanded the 1st Infantry Division in
Vietnam
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Dobrynin, Anatoly F., Soviet
Ambassador to the United States
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Don, Tran Van,
see
Tran Van Don
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Dong, Pham Van,
see
Pham Van Dong
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Doolin, Dennis J., Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
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Duong Van Minh (Big Minh),
South Vietnamese General and political activist
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Dzu, Ngo,
see
Ngo Dzu
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Eliot, Theodore L., Jr.,
Executive Secretary of the Department of State
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Emerson, David F., Rear
Admiral, USN, Deputy Director of Planning,
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
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Ford, Gerald R., Republican
Representative from Michigan
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Freeman, Mason B., Rear
Admiral, Acting Director, Joint Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff, from April 8
until June 11, 1972
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Fulbright, J. William,
Democratic Senator from Arkansas; Chairman, Foreign Relations
Committee
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Garment, Leonard, Special
Assistant to the President
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Giap, Vo Nguyen,
see
Vo Nguyen Giap
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Godley, G. McMurtrie, U.S.
Ambassador to Laos
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Gromyko, Andrei A., Soviet
Foreign Minister
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Guay, Georges R., Colonel,
USAF, Air Attaché in the U.S. Embassy
in Paris, conduit for U.S. messages to North Vietnamese in Paris, also
handled logistical arrangements for Kissinger and his party during negotiating trips to
Paris
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Haig, Alexander M., Jr.,
Brigadier General, USA, promoted to Major
General, March 1, 1972, Deputy Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs
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Haldeman, H.R., Assistant to
the President and White House Chief of Staff
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Helms, Richard M., Director of
Central Intelligence
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Ho Chi Minh, leader of the
Vietnamese Communist Party and President of the DRV until his death in 1969
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Hoang Duc Nha, President
Thieu’s press assistant, nephew,
and confidant
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Hoang Xuan Lam, General,
ARVN, Commander (MR–1) until May 3, 1972
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Holdridge, John H., member,
National Security Council staff
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Hollingsworth, James F., Major
General, USA, Commander, Third Regional
Assistance Command in MR–3
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Horgan, John P., Deputy
Special Assistant for Vietnamese Affairs, Central Intelligence Agency, and
Chairman, Psychological Pressure Operations Group
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Howe, Jonathan, Lieutenant
Commander, USN, member, National Security
Council staff
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Hubbard, Henry, White House
correspondent, Newsweek
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Johnson, Gerald W., Lieutenant
General, USAF, Commander, 8th Air
Force
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Johnson, U. Alexis, Under
Secretary of State for Political Affairs
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Karhos, Frederick E., Major
General, USA, Director, Vietnam Task Force,
International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
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Kennedy, Richard T., Colonel,
USA, member, National Security Council
planning staff
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Kissinger, Henry A., Assistant
to the President for National Security Affairs
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Knowles, Harold F., Brigadier
General, USAF, Deputy Director for
Operations (J–3), Joint Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Knowles, Richard T.,
Lieutenant General, USA, Assistant to the
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Kosygin, Alexei N., Chairman,
Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
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Kraft, Joseph, columnist, Field
Newspapers Syndicate
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Kraslow, David, Washington
Bureau Chief, Los Angeles Times
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Ky, Nguyen Cao,
see
Nguyen Cao Ky
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Laird, Melvin R., Secretary of
Defense
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Lam, Hoang Xuan,
see
Hoang Xuan Lam
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Lam, Pham Dang,
see
Pham Dang Lam
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Lam, Tran Van,
see
Tran Van Lam
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Latimer, Thomas, member,
National Security Council staff
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Le Duc Tho, Member of the
Politburo of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and Special Advisor to, and
de facto head of, the DRV Delegation to the
Paris Peace Talks on
Vietnam
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Lon Nol, Prime Minister of the
Khmer Republic (Cambodia) and Minister of National Defense
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Lord, Winston, member, National
Security Council staff
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Mack, William P., Vice
Admiral, USN, Commander, 7th Fleet
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Manor, LeRoy J., Brigadier
General, USAF, Deputy Director for
Operations/Special Assistant for Counterinsurgency and Special Activities,
Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Mansfield, Michael, Democratic
Senator from Montana; Senate Majority Leader
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McCain, John S., Jr., Admiral,
USN, Commander in Chief, Pacific, until
September 1, 1972
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McCloskey, Robert J., Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for Press Relations
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McGovern, George S.,
Democratic Senator from South Dakota
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McKee, Kinnaird R., Rear
Admiral, USN, Director, Executive Panel,
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
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McNickle, Marvin L.,
Lieutenant General, USAF, Acting Commander,
7th Air Force, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, from April 4,
1972
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Meyer, John C., General,
USAF, Commander, Strategic Air Command
from May 1, 1972
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Miller, Robert H., Deputy
Executive Secretary of the Department of State
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Minh, Duong Van,
see
Duong Van Minh
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Minh, Nguyen Van,
see
Nguyen Van Minh
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Mitchell, John N., Attorney
General until March 1, 1972, afterwards head of the committee to re-elect
President Nixon
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Moorer, Thomas H., Admiral,
USN, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of
Staff
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Murphy, Daniel J., Rear
Admiral, USN, Military Assistant to the
Secretary of Defense
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Negroponte, John D., member,
National Security Council staff
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Nelson, William E., Chief, Far
East Division, Directorate of Plans, Central Intelligence Agency
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Ngo Dzu, Lieutenant General,
ARVN, Commander (MR–2) until May 10, 1972
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Ngo Quang Truong, Lieutenant
General, ARVN, Commander (MR–4) until May 3, 1972; Commander (MR–1) thereafter
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Nguyen Cao Ky, Major General,
VNAF, Vice President, Republic of
Vietnam
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Nguyen Co Thach, North
Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister
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Nguyen Duy Trinh, North
Vietnamese Foreign Minister
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Nguyen Thi Binh, (also known
as Madame Binh) Foreign Minister,
PRG, and the PRG’s representative to the Avenue Kléber talks
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Nguyen Van Minh, Lieutenant
General, ARVN, Commander (MR–3)
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Nguyen Van Thieu, President of
the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
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Nguyen Van Toan, Lieutenant
General, ARVN, Commander (MR–2) from May 10, 1972
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Nha, Hoang Duc,
see
Hoang Duc Nha
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Nixon, Richard M., President
of the United States
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Nutter, G. Warren, Assistant
Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
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Pham Dang Lam, Ambassador,
Head of Republic of Vietnam Delegation to Paris Peace Talks
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Pham Van Dong, North
Vietnamese Prime Minister
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Polgar, Thomas, Special
Assistant to the Ambassador in Saigon; Central Intelligence Agency Chief of
Station in Saigon
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Porter, William J., Chief,
U.S. Delegation to Paris Peace
Talks
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Pringle, Donald B., Captain,
USN, Executive Assistant to the Chief of
Naval Operations
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Pursley, Robert E., Brigadier
General, USAF, Military Assistant to the
Secretary of Defense; promoted to Major General on February 1 and Lieutenant
General on November 19
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Quang, Dang Van,
see
Dang Van Quang
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Rectanus, Earl F. “Rex,”
Rear Admiral, USN, Director, Naval
Intelligence Division
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Robertson, Horace B., Rear
Admiral, USN, Deputy Judge Advocate General,
Navy Department
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Rogers, William P., Secretary
of State
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Rosson, William B., General,
USA, Commander, Pacific Command
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Rush, Kenneth, Deputy Secretary
of Defense from February 23, 1972
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Scali, John, Special Consultant
to the President (for public affairs)
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Scott, Hugh, Republican Senator
from Pennsylvania; Senate Minority Leader
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Searles, DeWitt R., Major
General, USAF, Deputy Commander 7/13th Air
Force
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Seignious, George M.,
Lieutenant General, USA, Director, Joint
Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff, from June 12, 1972
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Shakespeare, Frank, Director,
U.S. Information Agency
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Souvanna Phouma, Prince,
Premier of Laos
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Stearman, William L., member,
Operations Staff, East Asia, National Security Council
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Stennis, John C., Democratic
Senator from Mississippi; Chairman, Committee on Armed Services
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Stuart, Richard K., Deputy
Director for Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department
of State
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Sullivan, William H., Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, and
Chairman, Interdepartmental Group on Vietnam
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Swank, Emory C., U.S.
Ambassador to Cambodia
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Symington, W. Stuart,
Democratic Senator from Missouri
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Thach, Nguyen Co,
see
Nguyen Co Thach
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Thieu, Nguyen Van,
see
Nguyen Van Thieu
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Tho, Le Duc,
see
Le Duc Tho
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Thuy, Xuan,
see
Xuan Thuy
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Toan, Nguyen Van,
see
Nguyen Van Toan
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Tran Van Don, prominent South
Vietnamese political and military figure
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Tran Van Lam, South Vietnamese
Foreign Minister
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Trinh, Nguyen Duy,
see
Nguyen Duy Trinh
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Truong, Ngo Quang,
see
Ngo Quang Truong
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Vang Pao, General, Royal Lao
Armed Forces, Commander of Military Region Two, head of the Meo (Hmong)
guerrilla forces
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Vasey, Lloyd “Joe,”
Rear Admiral, USN, Director, Strategic
Plans and Policy, U.S. Pacific Command, until July 20, 1972
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Vogt, John W., Lieutenant
General, USAF, until April 7, 1972, General
from April 8; Director, Joint Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff until April 7;
Commander, 7th Air Force, and Deputy Commander, Military Assistance Command,
Vietnam, from April 10
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Vo Nguyen Giap, General,
People’s Army of Vietnam, North Vietnamese Defense Minister
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Walters, Vernon A., Lieutenant
General, USA, Defense Attaché in the U.S.
Embassy in Paris until March 1972; Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
from May 2
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Weiss, Cora, anti-war activist,
wife of Peter Weiss
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Weiss, Peter, anti-war
activist, radical lawyer, husband of Cora
Weiss
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Weyand, Frederick C., General,
USA, Deputy Commander, Military
Assistance Command, Vietnam, until June 28, 1972; Commander, Military
Assistance Command, Vietnam, from June 29
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Whitehouse, Charles W., Deputy
U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam from March 1972
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Xuan Thuy, Chief of the
Delegation of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam to the
Paris Peace Talks, usually
referred to as Minister
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Zais, Melvin, Lieutenant
General, USA, Director for Operations (J–3),
Joint Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Zumwalt, Elmo R., Jr., “Bud,”
Admiral, USN, Chief of Naval
Operations