National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger announces that a truce is expected in Laos and Cambodia. Kissinger had been meeting privately with Le Duc Tho and other North Vietnamese and Viet Cong representatives in Paris since early January. They had worked out a peace agreement that was initialled in Paris on January 23 "to end the war and bring peace with honor in Vietnam and Southeast Asia." Under the provisions of the agreement, a cease-fire would begin in Vietnam at 8 a.m., January 28, Saigon time (7 p.m., January 27, Eastern Standard Time). Kissinger said that the terms of the agreement would be extended to Cambodia and Laos, where government troops had been locked in deadly combat with the local communist forces (Khmer Rouge and Pathet Lao, respectively) and their North Vietnamese allies.
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Truce is expected in Laos and Cambodia
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This Week in History, Jan 24 - Jan 30
- Jan 24, 1966
- Operation Masher/White Wing/Thang Phong II launched
- Jan 24, 1973
- Truce is expected in Laos and Cambodia
- Jan 25, 1969
- First plenary session of the formal Paris Peace talks is held
- Jan 25, 1972
- Nixon reveals information about secret negotiations
- Jan 26, 1970
- POW spends 2,000th day in captivity
- Jan 26, 1972
- North Vietnam rejects U.S. peace proposal
- Jan 27, 1967
- Donald Evans earns Medal of Honor
- Jan 27, 1973
- Paris Peace Accords signed
- Jan 28, 1973
- Cease-fire goes into effect
- Jan 28, 1975
- Ford asks for additional aid
- Jan 29, 1968
- President Johnson requests additional funds
- Jan 29, 1974
- Fighting continues in South Vietnam
- Jan 30, 1968
- Tet Offensive begins
- Jan 30, 1971
- Operation Dewey Canyon II begins
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