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==January== ; 2 January The Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives voted 154 to 75 to cut off U.S. funds for the war in Vietnam once all U.S. forces were withdrawn and U.S. Prisoners of war (POWs) were released.〔Asselin, Pierre (2992), ''A Bitter Peace: Washington, Hanoi, and the Making of the Paris Agreement'', Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, p. 155-156〕 ; 3 January In Beijing, Chinese leader Zhou Enlai told North Vietnam's peace negotiator, Le Duc Tho, that "the U.S. effort to exert pressure through bombing has failed." He advised Tho to be flexible in peace negotiations with the Americans and to "let them leave as quickly as possible" and wait for the situation to change.〔Asselin, p. 157〕 ; 4 January The Democratic members of the United States Senate followed the lead of the House of Representatives in voting 36 to 12 to cut off funds for the Vietnam War once all U.S. military forces were withdrawn and the POWs released.〔Asselin, p. 156〕 ; 5 January Canada's Secretary of State for External Affairs, Mitchell Sharp, said he found it difficult to understand the reason for the U.S. Christmas bombing (Operation Linebacker II) and that "we deplore the action."〔"Asselin, p. 153〕 President Richard Nixon wrote a letter to President Nguyen Thieu of South Vietnam asking for Thieu's cooperation in the peace negotiations and stating that "the unity of our two countries...would be gravely jeopardized if you persist in your present course." Thieu had scuttled a draft peace agreement reached in October 1972. Nixon pledged to respond with "full force" if North Vietnam violated the peace agreement.〔Asselin, p. 155〕 ; 6 January As U.S. National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger prepared to resume peace talks with North Vietnam in Paris, United States President Nixon told him that "almost any settlement would be tolerable." Nixon expressed willingness to accept the draft agreement of October 1972 with a few cosmetic changes to make it appear the U.S. had gained something in the negotiations.〔 ; 9 January Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho in Paris achieved a "breakthrough" in the peace talks with the main obstacle remaining the opposition of the South Vietnamese government to the agreement.〔Asselin, p. 158〕 ; 11 January With most details of a peace agreement worked out, Kissinger and Tho reached secret agreements regarding cease fires in both South Vietnam and Laos, the release of American POWs and political prisoners in South Vietnam, and the partial withdrawal of North Vietnamese forces from South Vietnam.〔Asselin, p. 161〕 The Governor General of Australia Paul Hasluck proclaimed the cessation of hostilities in Vietnam by Australian Forces. ; 14 January U.S. President Nixon wrote a letter to President Thieu of South Vietnam which was delivered in Saigon by military adviser Alexander Haig. Nixon said he was "irrevocably" committed to sign the peace agreement and said he would do so "alone, if necessary." The consequences if Thieu did not sign the agreement would be a cutoff in American military and economic aid. Nixon pledged to "react strongly in the event the agreement is violated" by North Vietnam and to continue aid to South Vietnam if Thieu cooperated."〔FRUS, ''Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969-1976, Volume IX, Vietnam, October 1972-January 1973,'' Document 278. https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-7609/d278, accessed 27 Jun 2015〕 ; 17 January Thieu responded to Nixon's letter with a long list of objections to the peace agreement, most importantly the fact that the withdrawal of all North Vietnamese forces from South Vietnam was not required.〔Asselin, pp. 167-170〕 ; 20 January President Nixon responded to President Thieu's objections to the peace agreement. He attempted to reassure Thieu on the issue of North Vietnamese soldiers in South Vietnam. He repeated that he would sign the agreement whether or not Thieu agreed.〔Asselin, p. 171〕 ; 21 January President Thieu notified the U.S. government that he would sign the peace agreement on behalf of South Vietnam.〔Asselin, p. 172〕 ; 22 January Former U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson, whose presidency was marred by the Vietnam War, died. ; 27 January The Paris Peace Accords, formally titled the "Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam,", intended to halt the fighting between North and South Vietnam and end U.S. military involvement in the war were signed in Paris. The governments of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam), the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), and the United States, as well as the Provisional Revolutionary Government (PRG) that represented indigenous South Vietnamese revolutionaries (the Viet Cong) signed the agreement.〔Asselin, pp. 177, 214〕 ; 28 January North Vietnam celebrated the signing of the Paris Peace Accords as a victory. "The Vietnamese revolution has achieved several important gains, but the struggle of our people must continue to consolidate those victories () build a peaceful, unified, independent, democratic, and strong Vietnam." The U.S. media praised Nixon and Kissinger for their achievement of "peace with honor." In South Vietnam few believed that the agreement would lead to a lasting peace.〔Asselin, pp. 177-178〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1973 in the Vietnam War」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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