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| Alliance En-Lai, Chou |  |
| Sep Attends Ho Chi Minh's funeral & assures Van Dong China will provide weapons |
| Arc Light Johnson, Lyndon Baines |  |
| Cambodia becomes a target for Operation Arc Light |
| Arc Light Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 15th July The monthly sortie rate is reduced to 1,600 |
| Oct The monthly sortie rate is reduced to 1,400 |
| Battle of Hamburger Hill Abrams, Creighton | |
| 27th May Hamburger Hill Abrams withdraws from Hamburger Hill after 241 dead |
| Boadcast Nixon Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 3rd Nov Nixon makes a TV speech appealing for the silent majority support |
| Bombing of Cambodia Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| Cambodia becomes a target for Operation Arc Light |
| Bombing of Cambodia Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 18th Mar 1st day of the secret bombing of Cambodia |
| 18th Mar Authorizes the secret bombing of Cambodia |
| April Orders air strikes against the Nth Vietnamese within 5 miles of the border, April-May |
| 24th April About 100 B-52s drop bombs northwest of Saigon near the Cambodian border |
| 9th May News of the secret bombing of Cambodia is leaked to the New York Times |
| Bombing of Phouma |  |
| 25th July Laos Announces he has authorized USAbombing of the Ho Chi-Minh Trail |
| 25th July Announces he has authorized USAbombing of the Ho Chi-Minh Trail |
| Bombing of Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 25th July Laos The bombing of Laos is authorized |
| Bombing of Menu Bombings Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| Washington Authorizes the secret "Menu" bombings of Communist base areas in Cambodia |
| Bombing of Vietnam Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 25th Jan Nixon proposes "mutual withdrawal" of troops, no bombing of NV |
| 5th June Bombing resumes on targets in Nth Vietnam |
| Chief Negotiator Lodge, Henry Cabot | |
| Appointed Chief Negotiator at the Paris Peace Conference |
| Communists Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 23rd Feb Washington Rocket & mortar attacks are launched on 100 cities & bases throughout Sth Vietnam |
| Death of Chi Minh, Ho Chi-Minh, Ho |  |
| 2nd Sep Hanoi Death of Ho Chi-Minh, age 79 |
| Death of En Lai, Chou En-Lai, Chou | |
| 2nd Sep "he was my fiend, my teacher...I knew him since 1922 when we were together in Paris " |
| Demonstrations Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 15th Oct The Vietnam Moratorium Committee lead a march of 250,000 in Washington DC |
| 15th Oct Washington Faces massive anti war demonstrations in Washington |
| 15th Nov Moratorium demonstration of 500,000 in Washington DC |
| 16th Nov Washington Faces anti-war demonstrations following the revelation of the Mylai massacre |
| Diplomacy En-Lai, Chou | |
| The USA begins to relax its embargo of China |
| Sep Informed Washington will open talks with China & support its admittance to the UN |
| 12th Sep En-Lai & Kosygin meet at Beijing airport to agree to discussions on border disputes |
| 20th Oct Talks begin between Russia & China at Beijing to resolve border disputes |
| Diplomacy Mana'ch, Etienne | |
| 22nd April De Gaulle meets Mana'ch & says Washington will talk with China & support UN membership |
| Diplomacy Gaulle, Charles Andre Marie Joseph de |  |
| Feb Paris Meets Nixon to agree a friendly policy toward China |
| 22nd April Paris Meets Mana'ch & says Washington will open talks with China & support its UN membership |
| Diplomacy Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| Washington The USA begins to relax its embargo of China |
| Feb Paris Meets de Gaulle to agree a pact with China, seen by the State Dept as the main enemy |
| 1st Feb Washington Issues a directive to the National Security Council for a rapproachment with China |
| Diplomacy Vance, Cyrus | |
| Moscow Sent to Moscow to discuss the control of strategic weapons |
| Claims Russian help in ending the Vietnam War will bring about an arms deal but fails |
| Funeral Chi Minh En-Lai, Chou | |
| Sep Attends Ho Chi Minh's funeral |
| Sep Reassures Van Dong China will continue to provide weapons |
| Invasion of Vietnam Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 14th May Proposes withdrawal from Sth Vietnam of American & Nth Vietnamese forces on TV |
| 8th June 25,000 troops are withdrawn |
| Massacre My Lai Hersh, Seymour | |
| My Lai Seymour Hersh publishes a story about the My Lai massacre of 500 civilians |
| Massacre My Lai Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| My Lai Seymour Hersh publishes a story about the My Lai massacre of 500 civilians |
| 16th Nov Washington Faces anti-war demonstrations following the revelation of the Mylai massacre |
| Massacre My Lai Peers, William | |
| 28th Dec My Lai Arrives in Vietnam to lead an investigation into the My Lai Massacre |
| Menu Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 18th Mar 1st day of the secret bombing of Cambodia |
| Nixon Doctrine Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 25th July Guam Announces the "Nixon Doctrine" in Guam |
| Peace Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 25th Jan Washington The first substantive peace talks in Paris |
| 8th June Washington Announces the withdrawal of 25,000 American troops from Vietnam |
| 8th June Washington Meets President Thieu on Midway Island who supports the USApeace proposals |
| 2nd Aug Washington Meets President Ceausescu who agrees to help set up the peace talks with Nth Vietnam |
| Peace Chi-Minh, Ho | |
| 25th Aug Saigon Insists upon USAunilateral withdrawal from Vietnam & the overthrow of President Thieu |
| 25th Aug Saigon Sends a letter to Nixon rejecting his peace proposals |
| Peace Thieu, Nguyen van | |
| 8th June Midway Meets President Nixon on Midway Island & agrees to his peace proposals |
| Publication of Pentagon Papers Ellesberg, Daniel | |
| 13th June The New York Times publishes security documents leaked to the press by Daniel Ellsberg |
| Publication of Pentagon Papers Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 13th June The New York Times publishes security documents leaked to the press by Daniel Ellsberg |
| Resignation of Lodge Lodge, Henry Cabot | |
| Paris Resigns after finding the Paris Conference unproductive |
| Scandal Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 13th June New York The New York Times publishes security documents leaked to the press by Daniel Ellsberg |
| Secretary Defense Laird, Melvin | |
| Appointed Secretary of Defense |
| Secretary State Rogers, William | |
| Appointed Secretary of State |
| Security Whitehouse Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 12th May Washington 1st wiretap is placed in the White House following leaks about the bombing of Cambodia |
| Speech Nixon Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 3rd Nov Washington Appeals to the "silent majority" |
| 3rd Nov Washington Says USAwithdrawal would be a disaster for world peace |
| Unification Chi-Minh, Ho | |
| 25th Aug Declares that there will be no comprimise in Vietnam's aim of re-unification |
| Vietnamization of Vietnam Laird, Melvin | |
| Invents the term "Vietnamization" to cover American troop withdrawals |
| Vietnamization of Vietnam Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 6th Feb Washington Adopts a policy of "Vietnamization", transfer burden of war from U.S. to ARVN |
| 6th Feb Washington Forms joint USA& Vietnam Armed Forces Joint General Staff |
| War Statement Kissinger, Henry Alfred | |
| Puplishes article in "Foreign Affairs" |
