Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1982 (Creation)
- 1968-1973 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent
12 reels
Scope and content
Transcripts and Files of the Paris Peace Talks on Vietnam, 1968-1973 are microfilmed copies of the official transcripts of the Paris Peace Talks between political and military representatives from the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam), the Vietnamese National Liberation Army (Viet Cong), the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), and the United States, and accompanying files relating to the Vietnam War, 1968-1973. Transcripts include copies of the minutes of the Official Conversations between North Vietnamese and US delegates, 13 May 1968-30 Oct 1968 and the Plenary Sessions, 25 Jan 1969-18 Jan 1973. Collection also includes North Vietnamese communiqués relating to alleged American war crimes; North Vietnamese propaganda; official reports from the Viet Cong, including statement on the massacre at Ba-Lang-An, 8 Apr 1969; address before the International Conference on Vietnam by US Secretary of State Dr Henry Albert Kissinger, relating to the cease-fire, 26 Feb 1973.
System of arrangement
Arranged chronologically into the following sections: 31 Mar 1968-25 Sep 1968 (MF 813); 2 Oct 1968-27 Mar 1969 (MF 814); 27 Mar 1969-3 July 1968 (MF 815); 10 Jul 1969-14 Oct 1969 (MF 816); 16 Oct 1969-22 Jan 1970 (MF 817); 29 Jan 1970-21 May 1970 (MF 818); 28 May 1970-8 Oct 1970 (MF 819); 15 Oct 1970-25 Feb 1971 (MF 820); 4 Mar 1971-12 Aug 1971 (MF 821); 19 Aug 1971-24 Feb 1972 (MF 822); 16 Mar 1972-31 Aug 1972 (MF 823); 7 Sep 1972-18 Jan 1973 (MF 824)
General Information
Repository
Custodial history
University Publications of America, Inc., Bethesda, MD, with fully indexed guide edited by Paul Kesarsis and compiled by Kenneth Schlessinger.
Conditions governing access
Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification, to include one photographic ID.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copies may be printed off the microfilm/microfiche for research purposes and are charged at cost.
Enquiries concerning the copyright of the original material should be addressed to University Publications of America Inc.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Finding aids
This collection level description. The following published guide is available in the Reading Room: Paul Kesaris and Kenneth Schlesinger (eds.), Transcripts and Files of the Paris Peace Talks on Vietnam, 1968-1973 (University Publications of America, Inc, Bethesda, MD, 1982).
Note
Compiled Jun 1999
Alternative identifier(s)
Subjects
- Air warfare
- Collectivism
- Communication process
- Communism
- Diplomacy
- Foreign relations
- Humanitarian law
- International conflicts
- International instruments
- International law
- International relations
- Military engineering
- Persuasion
- Political doctrines
- Propaganda
- Vietnam War (1945-1975)
- War
- War crimes
- Warfare
- War propaganda
- Wars (events)
Place access points
People and Organisations
Genre access points
Rules and/or conventions used
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000.