Lyndon Baines Johnson22 December 1965
Announces a 36 hr cease-fire commencing Christmas eve to negotiate with North Vietnam
United States · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Announces a 36 hr cease-fire commencing Christmas eve to negotiate with North Vietnam
Agrees to extend the cease-fire indefinitely to promote negotiations with North Vietnam
Preconditions to cease bombing are made informal, they are still rejected
Announces negotiations will begin, 5 days before the presidential election
A message is sent to Hanoi indicating an interest in a peace settlement
Sent as representitive to forward proposals to cease bombing, conditions are rejected
The first substantive peace talks in Paris
Meets President Thieu on Midway Island who supports the US peace proposals. Announces the withdrawal of 25,000 American troops from Vietnam
Meets President Ceausescu who agrees to help set up the peace talks with North Vietnam
Senate defeats a bill co-sponsored by McGovern to bring all the GIs home by Dec 31
The 8 point peace proposal to north Vietnam is made public
Announces US troop reduction to 45,000 in Vietnam
Halts the US offensive in Vietnam
Hanoi & Washington impose an agreement on Saigon
The Paris Peace Agreement is signed
Hanoi & Washington impose an agreement on Saigon
Makes a peace agreement with Le Duc Tho
Provides for talks between Hanoi & Saigon which break up in April 1974. Makes provision for the release of US POWs & withdrawal of US forces from Vietnam
Signs a cease-fire in Paris & calls it "peace with honor"
Signs the Paris Peace Agreement which allows South Vietnam its political sovereignty
The last ground troops are withdrawn from Vietnam
The last ground troops are withdrawn from Vietnam. Conclusion of peace negotiations by Henry Kissinger & an end of US involvement
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