The 1973 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to U.S. diplomat Henry Kissinger and North Vietnam's Le Duc Tho, among the most disputed in the award's history, was given in the full knowledge that the Vietnam War was unlikely to end any time soon, documents show
remain secret for 50 years. On Jan. 1, documents about the prize awarded to Kissinger and Hanoi's chief negotiator Tho were made available on request.
But the ceasefire stipulated by the accords was soon ignored on the ground by both North and South Vietnam, which refused to sign the deal claiming betrayal as Hanoi's forces were not required to withdraw from the South. Tho, who died at 78 in 1990, was a general, diplomat and member of North Vietnam's ruling Politburo. He oversaw the southern Viet Cong insurgency against the Saigon government from the late 1950s, and later the North's decisive 1974-75 offensive that brought about unification under rule from Hanoi.
But Sanness, who died in 1984, added: "I am aware that it is only in the time ahead that it will become clear significance the accords will have in practice."
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