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Vietnam / Haig and Peace #220623

CBS Evening News for Friday, Nov 10, 1972
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(Studio) White House aide, General Alexander Haig, tries to deal with South Vietnam President Thieu for quick Vietnam cease-fire and Christmas homecoming for American servicemen and POW's. Thieu demands wholesale Communist withdrawal from South Vietnam.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

(Saigon, South Vietnam) American ambassador to South Vietnam, Ellsworth Bunker, greets Haig at airport. He will try to reach compromise for peace with Thieu. Thieu seems ready to accept international supervised election, but not a coalition government
REPORTER: Bert Quint

Reporter(s):
Cronkite, Walter;
Quint, Bert
Duration:
00:02:10

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