Foreign Relations, 1969–1976, Volume XLII, Vietnam: The
Kissinger-Le Duc Tho Negotiations
Persons
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Abrams, Creighton
W., General, USA; Commander, United States
Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) from July 3, 1968, until
June 28, 1972; Army Chief of Staff from October 12, 1972, until
September 4, 1974
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Agnew, Spiro
T., Vice President of the United States from
January 20, 1969, until October 10, 1973
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Aldrich, George
H., Deputy Legal Adviser, Department of
State
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Alsop,
Joseph, journalist and syndicated columnist,
a supporter of the U.S. effort in Vietnam
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Andrews, Bonnie
D., notetaker, U.S. Delegation to the
Kissinger-Le Duc Tho negotiations
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Bacherman, William
J., member, U.S. Secret Service detail to
protect Secretary of State Kissinger
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Bai, Dang
Nghiem,
see
Dang Nghiem Bai
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Bao
Dai, exiled Emperor of Vietnam
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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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de Borchgrave,
Arnaud, correspondent, Newsweek
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Branfman,
Fred, U.S. anti-war peace activist
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Brezhnev,
Leonid, General Secretary of the Communist
Party of the Soviet Union
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Bruce, David
K.E., Head of the U.S. Delegation to the
(plenary) Paris Peace Talks from July 1970 until July 1971
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Bui
Diem, RVN Ambassador to the United States until
1972
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Bunker,
Ellsworth, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic
of (South) Vietnam from April 28, 1967, until May 11, 1973
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Butterfield,
Alexander P., Deputy Assistant to the
President
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Campbell, Richard
P., member, National Security Council
Staff
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Chiao
Kuan-hua, Vice Foreign Minister, People’s
Republic of China
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Chou En-lai (Zhou
Enlai), Premier of the People’s Republic of
China
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Churchill, Sir
Winston L.S., British Prime Minister from
1940 until 1945, and again from 1951 until April 1955
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Clifford, Clark
M., Secretary of Defense from March 1, 1968,
until January 20, 1969
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Co, Tran
Quang,
see
Tran Quang Co
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Colby, William
E., Deputy Director, Civil Operations and
Revolutionary Development Support (CORDS) in South Vietnam, 1968;
Director, CORDS, from 1968 until 1972; Executive
Director-Comptroller, Central Intelligence Agency, 1973; Director of
Central Intelligence from September 1973 until January 1976
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Cung, Phung
Manh,
see
Phung Manh Cung
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Dang Nghiem
Bai, member, DRV Delegation to the
Kissinger-Le Duc Tho negotiations
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Dellinger, David
T., U.S. anti-war activist
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Derus, Irene
G., notetaker, U.S. Delegation to the
Kissinger-Le Duc Tho negotiations
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Diem,
Bui,
see
Bui Diem
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Diem, Ngo
Dinh,
see
Ngo Dinh Diem
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Dinh Nho
Liem, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Democratic Republic of (North) Vietnam
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Do, Tran
Van,
see
Tran Van Do
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Dobrynin, Anatoly
F., Soviet Ambassador to the United
States
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Dong Nghiem
Bai, member, DRV Delegation to the
Kissinger-Le Duc Tho negotiations
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Dong, Pham
The,
see
Pham The Dong
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Dong, Pham
Van,
see
Pham Van Dong
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Duc, Nguyen
Phu,
see
Nguyen Phu Duc
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Dulles, John
Foster, Secretary of State from January 21,
1953, until April 22, 1959
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Duong Van Minh “Big
Minh,”
Lieutenant General, ARVN, South
Vietnamese political activist
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Eagleburger, Lawrence
S., member, National Security Council Staff,
1969, and again from 1973 to 1975; Executive Assistant to the
Secretary of State from September 1973
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Eaton, Cyrus
S., U.S.-Canadian businessman,
philanthropist, and banker; noted for his criticism of U.S. Cold War
policy and amateur efforts to improve trade and diplomatic relations
between the West and the Eastern Bloc
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Ellsberg,
Daniel, civilian analyst of military affairs
for the U.S. Government and Rand Corporation who leaked the
classified Pentagon Papers
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Engel, David
A., member, National Security Council Staff;
Vietnamese language interpreter, U.S. Delegation to the Kissinger-Le
Duc Tho negotiations; Vietnamese language interpreter, Department of
State, 1973
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Fonda,
Jane, U.S. film actress, anti-war
activist
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Fulbright, J.
William, Senator (D-Arkansas); Chairman,
Senate Foreign Relations Committee until 1974
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Gandhi,
Indira, Indian Prime Minister
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Giap, Vo
Nguyen,
see
Vo Nguyen Giap
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Gibbons, Harold
J., U.S. trade unionist; former
International Vice President of the Teamsters Union
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Godley, G.
McMurtrie, U.S. Ambassador to Laos from July
24, 1969, until April 23, 1973
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Gromyko, Andrei
A., Soviet Foreign Minister
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Guay, Georges
R., Colonel, USAF; Air Attaché, 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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Ha Van
Lau, Deputy Head of the DRV Delegation to the
(plenary) Paris Peace Talks
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Habib, Philip
C., member, U.S. Delegation to the (plenary)
Paris Peace Talks, May 1968 to October 1971; U.S. Ambassador to
Korea, September 30, 1971, to August 19, 1974
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Haig, Alexander M.,
Jr., Senior Military Adviser to the
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, January
1969 to June 1970; Deputy Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs to January 1973; Army Vice Chief of Staff, January
to August 1973; Assistant to the President and White House Chief of
Staff, August 1973 to August 1974; Brigadier General as of November
1969, Major General as of March 1972, and General as of January
1973
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Haldeman, H.R.
“Bob,”
Assistant to the President and White
House Chief of Staff, from January 1969 until April 1973
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Halperin, David
R., member, National Security Council
Staff
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Halperin, Morton
H., Assistant for Programs, National
Security Council Staff, January to September 1969
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Harriman, W.
Averell, U.S.Ambassador at Large; Head of
the U.S. Delegation to the (plenary) Paris Peace Talks until January
17, 1969
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Hieu, Nguyen
Van,
see
Nguyen Van Hieu
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Ho Chi
Minh, leader of the Vietnamese Communist
Party and President of the Democratic Republic of (North) Vietnam
until his death in 1969
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Hoa,
Hoang,
see
Hoang Hoa
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Hoang Duc
Nha, South Vietnamese President Thieu’s
press secretary, nephew, and confidant
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Hoang
Hoa, Colonel, People’s Army of Vietnam; member,
DRV Delegation to the Kissinger-Le Duc Tho negotiations, from May
until June 1973
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Hoffa, James
F., former President of the Teamsters
Union
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Hou
Youn
, Khmer Rouge official
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Howe,
Jonathan, Lieutenant Commander, USN; member,
National Security Council Staff from 1970 until 1972
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Hu
Nim, Khmer Rouge official
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Humphrey, Hubert
H., Vice President of the United States from
1965 until 1969; Senator (D-Minnesota) from 1971 until 1978
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Huong, Tran
Van,
see
Tran Van Huong
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Ieng
Sary, co-founder and senior member of the Khmer
Rouge
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Isham,
Heyward, Deputy Chief of the U.S. Delegation
to the (plenary) Paris Peace Talks
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Kennedy, John
F., President of the United States from
January 20, 1961, until November 22, 1963
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Kennedy, Richard
T., Colonel, USA; member, National Security
Council Staff from 1969 to 1975
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Kennedy, Robert
F., Attorney General, from January 20, 1961,
until September 3, 1964
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Khieu
Samphan, Khmer Rouge official and Defense
Minister of Prince Norodom Sihanouk’s government-in-exile, Royal
Government of National Union of Cambodia (GRUNK)
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Kiem, Tran
Buu,
see
Tran Buu Kiem
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Kissinger, Henry
A., Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs, from January 20, 1969, to November 3, 1975;
Secretary of State from September 22, 1973 until January 20,
1977
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Klein, Herbert
G., White House Communications
Director
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Kraft,
Joseph, columnist and journalist for various
newspapers, including The Washington Post,
The New York Times, and The Los Angeles Times, and for Field Newspapers
Syndicate
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Ky, Nguyen
Cao,
see
Nguyen Cao Ky
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Laird, Melvin
R., Secretary of Defense from January 22,
1969, until January 29, 1973
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Lake, W.
Anthony, member, National Security Council
Staff, from June 1969 until April 1970
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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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Lau, Ha
Van,
see
Ha Van Lau
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Le
Bao, member, DRV delegation to the Kissinger-Le
Duc Tho negotiations
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Le
Duan, member, Politburo of the Democratic
Republic of (North Vietnam
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Le Duc
Tho, member, Politburo of the Democratic
Republic of (North) Vietnam and Special Advisor to and de facto Head
of the DRV Delegation to the negotiations with Kissinger; Special
Advisor to the President of the Democratic Republic of (North)
Vietnam from January 1973
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Léger,
Fernand, French Modernist painter, sculptor,
and filmmaker, and member of the French Communist Party; his home,
which he donated to the Party at his death in 1955, was used as one
of the venues for the Kissinger-Le Duc Tho negotiations
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Lewis,
Anthony, journalist and columnist, The New York Times
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Lewis,
Flora, U.S. anti-war activist and
journalist
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Liem, Dinh
Nho,
see
Dinh Nho Liem
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Lodge, Henry Cabot,
II, Head of the U.S. Delegation to the
(plenary) Paris Peace Talks from January 20 until November 20,
1969
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Loi, Luu
Van,
see
Luu Van Loi
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Lon
Nol, Cambodian Prime Minister and Minister of
National Defense, June 1969; led coup that deposed Prince Norodom
Sihanouk in March 1970; Prime Minister and Minister of National
Defense after March 18, 1970; President of Khmer Republic from 1972
until 1975
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Long,
Bonnie, notetaker, U.S. Delegation to the
Kissinger-Le Duc Tho negotiations
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Lord,
Winston, member, National Security Council
Staff from 1969 until 1973; Director, Policy Planning Staff,
Department of State from October 1973 until 1977
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Lowenstein, James
G., staff member, Senate Foreign Relations
Committee
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Luce,
Don, U.S. anti-war activist
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Luu Van
Loi, member and legal adviser, DRV
Delegation to the Kissinger-Le Duc Tho negotiations in late 1972 and
early 1973; later co-author of Le Duc
Tho-Kissinger Negotiations in Paris
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Mai Van
Bo, DRV Delegate General in Paris until November
1970
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Mao Tse-tung (Mao
Zedong), Chairman of the Central Committee
of the Chinese Communist Party
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Martin, Graham
A., U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of
(South) Vietnam from July 20, 1973, until April 29, 1975
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Matak,
see
Sirik Matak
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McCain, John S.,
Jr., Admiral, USN; Commander in Chief,
Pacific, until September 1, 1972
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McCauley,
Brian, Rear Admiral, USN; Commander of the
Mine Countermeasures Task Force (Task Force 78) charged with
clearing the mines placed in DRV territorial waters during the
Vietnam war
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McGovern, George
S., Senator (D-South Dakota) and Democratic
nominee for President in 1972
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McLeod,
Gary, member, U.S. Secret Service detail to
protect Secretary of State Kissinger, 1973
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McNamara, Robert
S., Secretary of Defense from January 21,
1961, until February 29, 1968; President of the World Bank from
April 1, 1968, until June 30, 1981
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Minh, Duong
Van,
see
Duong Van Minh
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Moorer, Thomas
H., Admiral, USN; Chief of Naval Operations
from August 1, 1967 until July 1, 1970; Chairman, Joint Chiefs of
Staff from July 2, 1970, until July 1, 1974
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Moose, Richard
M., member, National Security Council Staff
from 1969 until 1971; thereafter, staff member, Senate Foreign
Relations Committee
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Negroponte, John
D., Foreign Service Officer in Saigon from
1964 until 1968; attached to U.S. Delegation to (plenary) Paris
Peace Talks from 1968 until 1969; member, National Security Council
Staff from 1970 until 1973
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Ngac,
Pham,
see
Pham Ngac
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Ngo Dinh
Diem, President of the Republic of (South)
Vietnam from 1955 until 1963
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Nguyen Anh
Vu, Vietnamese writer, co-author of Le Duc Tho-Kissinger Negotiations in
Paris
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Nguyen Cao
Ky, Major General, VNAF; Vice President of
the Republic of (South) Vietnam
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Nguyen Co
Thach, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Democratic Republic of (North) Vietnam
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Nguyen Dinh
Phuong, interpreter, DRV Delegation to the
Kissinger-Le Duc Tho negotiations
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Nguyen Duy
Trinh, Deputy Premier and Minister of
Foreign Affairs, Democratic Republic of (North) Vietnam from 1965
until 1976; member, Politburo from 1960 until 1976
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Nguyen Luu
Vien, Deputy Premier of the Republic of
(South) Vietnam; Head of the RVN Delegation to the post-Accords
RVN-DRV conference at La Celle St. Cloud
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Nguyen Minh
Vy, member, DRV Delegation to the
Kissinger-Le Duc Tho negotiations
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Nguyen Phu
Duc, Political Adviser and Special Assistant
for Foreign Relations to South Vietnamese President Thieu until 1974
and Acting Foreign Minister (1973)
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Nguyen Thi
Binh, often referred to as Madame Binh,
Foreign Minister, Provisional Revolutionary Government, and Head of
the NLF/PRG Delegation to the (plenary) Paris Peace Talks from 1969
until 1972
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Nguyen Van
Hieu, General Secretary of the National
Liberation Front and Minister of State, Provisional Revolutionary
Government
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Nguyen Van
Thieu, President of the Republic of (South)
Vietnam
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Nguyen
Xuan, member, DRV delegation to the Kissinger-Le
Duc Tho negotiations
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Nha, Hoang
Duc,
see
Hoang Duc Nha
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Nixon, Richard
M., President of the United States from
January 20, 1969, until August 9, 1974
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Norodom
Sihanouk, Prince, Head of State of Cambodia
until March 18, 1970; thereafter, leader of the Cambodian
government-in-exile in Beijing (GRUNK)
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Passman, Otto
E., Democratic Representative from
Louisiana; Chairman of the House Foreign Aid Appropriations
Subcommittee until 1976
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Penn
Nouth,
see
Samdech Penn Nouth
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Pham Dang
Lam, Head of the RVN Delegation to the
(plenary) Paris Peace Talks
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Pham
Ngac, member, DRV Delegation to the Kissinger-Le
Duc Tho negotiations
-
Pham The
Dong, notetaker, DRV Delegation to the
Kissinger-Le Duc Tho negotiations
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Pham Van
Dong, Prime Minister, Democratic Republic of
(North) Vietnam
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Phan
Hien, member, DRV Delegation to the Kissinger-Le
Duc Tho negotiations
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Phouma
, see
Souvanna Phouma
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Phoumi
Vongvichit, Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Laos, until December 1975
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Phung Manh
Cung, Vice Chief of Protocol, Democratic
Republic of (North) Vietnam
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Phuong, Tran
Kim,
see
Tran Kim Phuong
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Pineau, Julienne
L., notetaker, U.S. Delegation to the
Kissinger-Le Duc Tho negotiations
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Pompidou,
Georges, President of France from 1969 until
1974
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Porter, William
J., Head of the U.S. Delegation to the
(plenary) Paris Peace Talks from 1971 until 1974
-
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Randal,
Jonathan, correspondent, The New York Times
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Ready, John
D., member, U.S. Secret Service detail to
protect Secretary of State Kissinger, 1973
-
Richardson, Elliot
L., Secretary of Defense from January 30
until May 24, 1973
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Rodman, Peter
W., member, National Security Council Staff
from 1969 until 1977
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Rogers, William
P., Secretary of State from January 22,
1969, until September 3, 1973
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Rostow, Walt
W., Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs from April 1, 1966, until January 20, 1969
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Rusk,
Dean, Secretary of State from January 21, 1961,
until January 20, 1969
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Ryan, Kathleen
Anne, notetaker, U.S. Delegation to the
Kissinger-Le Duc Tho negotiations
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Sainteny,
Jean, friend of Henry Kissinger and former
French official in Indochina with contacts to the leadership of the
Democratic Republic of (North) Vietnam
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Salisbury, Harrison
E., correspondent, The New
York Times; assistant managing editor from 1964 until 1972;
associate editor from 1972 until 1973
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Samdech Penn
Nouth, senior member of the King of
Cambodia’s High Council and Director-General of Services at the
Royal Palace
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Schlesinger, James
R., Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission
from July 1971 until February 1973; Director of Central Intelligence
from February 2 until July 2, 1973; Secretary of Defense from July
2, 1973, until November 19, 1975
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Schumann,
Maurice, French Foreign Minister from June
1969 until April 1973
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Scowcroft,
Brent, Lieutenant General, USAF; Military
Assistant to the President from February 1972 until August 1973;
Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from
August 1973 until November 1975; Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs from November 1975 until January 1977;
promoted Brigadier General, March 1972, Major General, October 1973,
Lieutenant General, August 1974; retired from military, December
1975
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Sihanouk,
see
Norodom Sihanouk
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Sirik Matak
(Sisowath Sirik Matak), Prince, cousin of
Norodom Sihanouk, influential Cambodian politician and statesman;
actively supported Lon Nol’s coup against Sihanouk
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Smyser, W.
Richard, adviser to the U.S. Delegation to
the (plenary) Paris Peace Talks, 1969; member, Operations Staff,
East Asia Division, National Security Council Staff, after
1970
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Sonnenfeldt,
Helmut, member, National Security Council
Staff from 1969 until 1974
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Soth
Phetrasy, Pathet Lao official and
representative at the negotiations with the United States on the
1973 Vientiane Agreement and on POWs
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Souphanouvong, Prince, half-brother of
Souvanna Phouma, leader in the Pathet Lao closely allied with
Vietnamese Communists
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Souvanna
Phouma, Prince, half-brother of
Souphanouvong, Head of Government of Laos on several occasions until
1975; represented neutralist forces
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Stearman, William
L., member, National Security Council Staff
from 1971 until 1976
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Stearns,
Monteagle, Deputy Assistant Secretary of
State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs from December 1973
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Stifflemire,
Mary, notetaker, U.S. Delegation to the
Kissinger-Le Duc Tho negotiations
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Suharto, General, Acting President of
Indonesia, 1967; President from 1968
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Sullivan, William
H., U.S. Ambassador to Laos from 1964 until
March 1969; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and
Pacific Affairs, and Chairman, Interdepartmental Group on Vietnam
until July 1973; thereafter, U.S. Ambassador to the
Philippines
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Tanaka
Kakuei, Japanese Prime Minister from July 7,
1972, until December 9, 1974
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Taub, William
L., attorney for former Teamsters Union
President James F. Hoffa
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Thach, Nguyen
Co,
see
Nguyen Co Thach
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Thai, Trinh
Ngoc,
see
Trinh Ngoc Thai
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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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Thompson, Richard
S., interpreter, U.S. Delegation to the
Kissinger-Le Duc Tho negotiations
-
Thuy,
Xuan,
see
Xuan Thuy
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Tran Buu
Kiem, Head of the NLF Delegation to the
(plenary) Paris Peace Talks from 1968 until 1969
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Tran Kim
Phuong, RVN Ambassador to the United
States
-
Tran Quang
Co, member, DRV Delegation to the
Kissinger-Le Duc Tho negotiations
-
Tran Thien
Khiem, Prime Minister, Republic of (South)
Vietnam until late 1969
-
Tran Van
Do, Foreign Minister, Republic of (South)
Vietnam from 1954 until 1955 and again from 1967 until 1968
-
Tran Van
Huong, Prime Minister, Republic of (South)
Vietnam from October 1964 until January 1965 and May until August
1969; Vice President from 1971 until 1975; President from April 21
until 28, 1975
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Tran Van
Lam, Foreign Minister, Republic of (South)
Vietnam from 1969 until 1973
-
Trinh Ngoc
Thai, member, DRV Delegation to the
Kissinger-Le Duc Tho negotiations
-
Trinh, Nguyen
Duy,
see
Nguyen Duy Trinh
-
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Vance, Cyrus
R., Deputy Head of the U.S. Delegation to
the (plenary) Paris Peace Talks until January 20, 1969; thereafter,
adviser to the delegation until February 19, 1969
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Vang
Pao, General, Lao Armed Forces, Commander of
Military Region Two (MR II) and head of the Meo (H’mong) guerrilla
forces
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Vann, John
Paul, USA officer who served in Vietnam from
1962 until 1963 as divisional adviser to the 7th ARVN Infantry
Division; critical of U.S. reluctance to press South Vietnamese
military to be more aggressive; resigned from Army as Lieutenant
Colonel in mid-1963; returned to South Vietnam as a civilian with
the Agency for International Development in 1965 and was promoted
over the years until in 1971 he was civilian commander of U.S.
civilian and military programs in central South Vietnam; died in
helicopter accident during the 1972 Easter Offensive
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Vest,
George, Special Assistant to the Secretary
of State for Press Relations from December 1973 until April
1974
-
Vien, Nguyen
Luu,
see
Nguyen Luu Vien
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Vo Nguyen
Giap, General, People’s Army of Vietnam,
Defense Minister, Democratic Republic of (North) Vietnam
-
Vo Van
Sung, DRV Delegate General in Paris after
November 1970
-
Vongvichit, Lao politician
-
Vu, Nguyen
Anh,
see
Nguyen Anh Vu
-
Vu Van
Mau, Foreign Minister, Republic of (South)
Vietnam, until August 22, 1963; RVN Ambassador to the United Kingdom
after December 24, 1963
-
Vy, Nguyen
Minh,
see
Nguyen Minh Vy
-
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Wallace, George
C., Governor of Alabama from 1963 until
1967, and again from 1971 until 1979
-
Walsh, John
P., Deputy Executive Secretary of the
Department of State
-
Walters, Vernon
A., Lieutenant General, USA; Defense Attaché
in the Embassy in Paris until March 1972; Deputy Director of Central
Intelligence from May 2, 1972
-
Watson, Arthur
K., U.S. Ambassador to France from April 8,
1970, until October 30, 1972
-
Weiss,
Cora, U.S. anti-war activist
-
Westmoreland, William
C., General, USA; Commander, Military
Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) from August 1, 1964, until June
11, 1968; Army Chief of Staff from July 3, 1968, until June 30,
1972
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Whitehouse, Charles
S., served in Vietnam and in the Department
of State in Washington on Vietnam war-related issues from 1969 until
1971; Deputy U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam from March 1972 until August
1973; U.S. Ambassador to Laos from September 20, 1973, until April
12, 1975
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Williams, Maurice
J., Chief U.S. Delegate, U.S.–DRV Joint
Economic Commission, 1973
-
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Xuan
Thuy, Head of the DRV Delegation to the
(plenary) Paris Peace Talks; also, titular Head of the DRV
Delegation to the Kissinger-Le Duc Tho negotiations, occasionally
meeting with Kissinger in Le Duc Tho’s stead; usually referred to as
Minister
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Ziegler, Ronald
L., Assistant to the President and White
House Press Secretary from 1969 until 1974