On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 22:36:03 GMT, Guy Alcala
wrote:





"Most of our remaining disputes were hammered out . . . in mid-October. But on one
major issue we could not budge the [NVN] from their position. They refused to
withdraw their forces from South Vietnam . . . . We knew there was no way to force
them to concede this point. . . . Thieu understandably wanted the agreement to
require the North Vietnamese to withdraw the forces from his country .

What was the purpose of any peace agreement between two Vietnamese
countries which didn't require North Vietnamese forces to pull out of
South Vietnam?

How did US benefit from signing such an agreement and especially once
North Vietnamese renewed the invasion?


Drax