January+27,+1973+Treaty

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On January 27, 1973, an agreement was signed in Paris, France which was meant to stop the American attacks on the Vietnamese communists. This was a war that had been going on for a decade and this the purpose of this agreement was to stop the fighting against Vietnam. The bombings on the Vietnamese communists on the Cambodian border had been going on for three years, and tens of thousands of bombs had been dropped on Cambodia. The document began with the statement that "the United States and all other countries respect the independence, sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity of Vietnam as recognized by the 1954 Geneva Agreements on Vietnam." The document went on for 22 articles and ultimately ended a decade of warfare between the U.S and Vietnam. It called for a cease fire on January 27, 1973 at midnight G.M.T. Following this cease fire all troops stationed in Vietnam were required to withdraw within sixty days of January 27th. It also went on to state that future peace agreements would be held to keep peace between the Republic of Vietnam and the PRG (Provisional Revolutionary Government). These peace agreements would allow the citizens of South Vietnam to be able to have free elections for political office. This signed agreement in Paris, France covered great ground in stopping the fighting between the U.S and Vietnam, but did nothing to help the Cambodians.

http://vietnam.vassar.edu/doc16.html

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