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2 November 1968 - 22 February 1969 | |||||||||
2 Nov 68 | N.L.F. to Join Paris Talks - Bombing Halt | ||||||||
2 Nov 68 | Lost Nuclear Submarine's Debris Spotted | ||||||||
2 Nov 68 | 6th Death Spurs Bonn Spy Probe | ||||||||
2 Nov 68 | North Viet Agrees to Explore Peace | ||||||||
2 Nov 68 | Hanoi Must Make Move: Rusk | ||||||||
2 Nov 68 | Many Are Concerned - Troops in Saigon Sceptical | ||||||||
Nov 68 |
William E. Colby becomes head of CORDS.
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5 Nov 68 |
Republican Richard M. Nixon narrowly defeats Democrat
Hubert Humphrey in the U.S. presidential election.
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11 Nov 68 |
Attack on Camp Radcliff, An Khe.
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12 Nov 68 |
Attack on Camp Radcliff, An Khe.
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15 Nov 68 | U.S. Warns Reds on DMZ Attack | ||||||||
15 Nov 68 | Foe Moves Troops in Buffer Zone | ||||||||
15 Nov 68 | War Tour Is Ending For F111 | ||||||||
21 Nov 68 | 5 Win Medal of Honour - War Not Over: L.B.J. | ||||||||
21 Nov 68 | U.N. Rejects Peking Seat Bid; Support For Chiang Grows | ||||||||
21 Nov 68 | Defiant Czechs | ||||||||
21 Nov 68 | Saigon Still Balks at Talks | ||||||||
27 Nov 68 |
President-elect Nixon asks Harvard professor Henry Kissinger
to be his National Security Advisor. Kissinger accepts.
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31 Dec 68 |
U.S. troop levels reached 495,000 with 30,000 American
deaths to date.
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1 Jan 69 |
Henry Cabot Lodge, former American ambassador to South
Vietnam, is nominated by President-elect Nixon as the senior U.S Negotiator
at the Paris peace talks.
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20 Jan 69 |
Richard M. Nixon, who campaigned on a pledge of "Peace
with honor", is inaugurated as the 37th U.S. President.
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21-22 Jan 69 |
Ambush at Dak Po (10 km west of
An Khe).
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22 Jan 69 |
Marines start Operation Dewey Canyon in the Da Krong valley.
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25 Jan 69 |
Peace talks open in Paris attended by the U.S., South
Vietnam, North Vietnam and the Viet Cong.
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