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On 8 October 1972, U. S. National Security Advisor Dr. Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese Politburo member Le Duc Tho met in Paris.

They were there to discuss new proposals by both nations, hoping to reach mutually agreeable terms for a peace settlement for the decade-old Vietnam war.

Tho presented a new North Vietnamese plan which included proposals for a cease-fire, the withdrawal of American forces, and an exchange of prisoners of war.

All three Vietnamese combatant governments: North Vietnam, the Republic of Vietnam ( South Vietnam ), and the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam ( PRG ) would remain intact, as would their separate armies.

Hanoi no longer demanded that South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu be removed from office, the U. S. did not have to cease its aid to the southern government and both Washington and Hanoi could continue to resupply their allies or forces on a parity basis.

No new North Vietnamese forces were to be infiltrated from the north and the U. S. agreed to extend post-war reconstruction assistance to North Vietnam.