South Vietnamese President Thieu turns down peace proposal 40 years ago today (1972)


Video: October 22, 1972 (6:51)

(Sunday, October 22, 1972, during the Vietnam War) — In Saigon, U.S. National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger and South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu met today to discuss a proposed cease-fire in the Vietnam War, already discussed between Americans and North Vietnamese in Paris.

But Thieu adamantly opposed a provision allowing North Vietnamese troops to remain indefinitely in South Vietnam.


Video: October 22, 1972 (8:02)


Video: October 1972 (continued)