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Nixon Moves to End the War. By: Sage Batejan, Rachel Burker , Cara Barlow, Shane Brown . Nixon wanted to end the war as soon as possible. Nixon appointed Henry Kissinger , a Harvard professor, to specially assist national security affairs. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Nixon Moves to End the War
By: Sage Batejan, Rachel Burker,Cara Barlow, Shane Brown
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Nixon wanted to end the war as soon as possible.Nixon appointed Henry Kissinger, a Harvard professor, to specially assist national security affairs. Kissinger created a policy called linkage, which improved relationships with China and the Soviet Union. It also supplied aid to Vietnam
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August 1969, Kissinger and Le Duc Tho, north Vietnam's negotiator, met in secret to talk about the possibility to return American war prisoners, to discuss future of South Vietnam, and a possible cease-fire.
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Nixon announced on June, 8 1969, that 25,000 solders will be vietnamized vietnamization- reducing the number of American solders in Vietnam and letting South Vietnam take over more for the fighting.Nixon also increased airstrikes on North Vietnam and Vietcong camps in Cambodia
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Nailed it
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