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Le Duc Tho

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Le Duc Tho  (l dk t) 1911-1990.
Vietnamese political leader who negotiated the North Vietnamese-U.S. cease-fire (1973) with Henry Kissinger. Both were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (1973), but Le Duc Tho refused it on the grounds that peace was not yet established in South Vietnam.
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Noun1.Le Duc Tho - Vietnamese diplomat who negotiated with Henry Kissinger to end the war in Vietnam (1911-1990)


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There was a mistake in yesterday's article regarding Le Duc Tho, who is the President of Vietnam).
His involvement in trying to find a negotiated end to the Vietnam War with his Vietnamese counterpart Le Duc Tho earned them both a Nobel Prize in 1973; however, Tho declined it, saying that the agreement they had reached was not being implemented.
One of the principal themes developed here is the search for a negotiated settlement, first in the Paris Peace Talks and then through secret meetings between Kissinger and North Vietnamese foreign minister Xuan Thuy and special adviser Le Duc Tho.
 
 
 
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