The Ending of the Vietnam War

Narrator: Finally under the pressure of American bombing and most likely at the urging of the Soviet Union and Red China, the North Vietnamese return to the negotiations in January 1973.

The following statement is being assured at this moment in Washington and Hanoi. At 12:30, Paris time today, January 23, 1973, the agreement on ending the war and restarting peace in Vietnam was initialed by Doctor Henry Kissinger on behalf of the United State and special adviser Lee Duc Tho on behalf of the democratic republic of Vietnam.

The agreement will be formally sign by the parties participating in the Paris conference on Vietnam on January 27, 1973 at the International conference in Paris. Throughout the years of negotiations, we have insisted on peace with honor.

Narrator: Among the provisions of the peace agreement was the release of 590 American prisoners of war. Most of these men were pilots who have been shot down over North Vietnam. Some have been POW’s for more than 8 years.


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