The International Red Cross announces in Geneva that North Vietnam has rejected a proposal by President Johnson for a resolution of the prisoner of war situation. He had proposed a joint discussion of fair treatment and possible exchange of war captives held by both sides. The International Red Cross submitted the proposal to North Vietnamese officials in July after Johnson first broached the plan on July 20 at a news conference. No solution was reached on the issue until the Paris Peace Accords were signed in January 1973. By the terms of the accords, all U.S. prisoners were to be released by the following March.
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North Vietnam rejects Johnson's prisoner exchange proposal
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This Week in History, Dec 8 - Dec 14
- Dec 08, 1965
- Operation Tiger Hound launched
- Dec 08, 1966
- North Vietnam rejects Johnson's prisoner exchange proposal
- Dec 08, 1969
- Nixon declares Vietnam War is ending
- Dec 09, 1965
- Newspaper reports on bombing over North Vietnam
- Dec 09, 1971
- Paris peace talks break down
- Dec 10, 1970
- Calley trial defense begins
- Dec 10, 1972
- Breakthrough appears near in Paris peace talks
- Dec 11, 1961
- First U.S. helicopters arrive in South Vietnam.
- Dec 11, 1969
- Paratroopers depart South Vietnam
- Dec 12, 1968
- Procedural questions cause difficulty at the peace talks
- Dec 12, 1969
- Philippine soldiers depart South Vietnam
- Dec 13, 1972
- Peace negotiations in Paris deadlocked
- Dec 13, 1974
- North Vietnamese commence attack on Phuoc Long Province
- Dec 14, 1961
- Kennedy announces intent to increase aid to South Vietnam
- Dec 14, 1964
- Operation Barrel Roll begins
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