In a series of meetings with U.S. Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker, South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu insists that North Vietnam assent to three conditions prior to a bombing halt. He said the North Vietnamese had to (1) agree to respect the neutrality of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), (2) stop shelling South Vietnamese cities and towns, and (3) agree to South Vietnamese participation in the Paris talks. He also demanded that the National Liberation Front, the Communist political organization in South Vietnam, be excluded from the negotiations. Thieu seemed to soften during his discussions with Bunker: on October 22, he announced that he would not oppose a bombing halt.
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Oct 16, 1968:
Bombing halt discussed
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This Week in History, Oct 16 - Oct 22
- Oct 16, 1968
- Bombing halt discussed
- Oct 16, 1973
- Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho awarded Nobel Peace Prize
- Oct 17, 1966
- President Johnson goes to Asia
- Oct 18, 1955
- Emperor Bao Dai attempts to dismiss Diem
- Oct 18, 1968
- Stock market soars with rumors of bombing halt in Vietnam
- Oct 19, 1965
- Communists attack Plei Me Special Forces camp
- Oct 19, 1972
- Kissinger discusses draft peace treaty with President Thieu
- Oct 20, 1964
- Relations between South Vietnam, the United States, and Cambodia deteriorate
- Oct 20, 1973
- Watergate special prosecutor dismissed
- Oct 21, 1967
- 100,000 people march on the Pentagon
- Oct 22, 1957
- American forces suffer first casualties in Vietnam
- Oct 22, 1965
- 173rd Airborne trooper saves comrades
- Oct 22, 1972
- President Thieu turns down peace proposal
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