| -27 January |
The United States, Republic
of Vietnam (South Vietnam), |
| |
Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North
Vietnam), and the Provi- |
| |
sional Revolutionary Government of
South Vietnam (Viet Cong) |
| |
sign a peace agreement in Paris, France.
The Paris Accords provided |
| |
for three commissions to oversee
the implementation of the agree- |
| |
ments and resolve any differences.
The commissions were the four- |
| |
party Joint Military Commission (JMC)
representing each of the |
| |
belligerents, a two-party JMC representing
North and South Viet- |
| |
nam, and an international Commission
of Control and Supervision |
| |
(ICCS) consisting of representatives
from Canada, Poland, Hungary, |
| |
and Indonesia. |
| 27 March |
The Marine Advisory Unit of the Naval
Advisory Group in Viet- |
| |
nam is disestablished, and replaced
by the U.S. Vietnamese Marine |
| |
Corps Logistics Support Branch. This
is the last day of the 60-day |
| |
ceasefire period during which the
North Vietnamese released |
| |
American prisoners of war and in turn
the United States turned |
| |
over to the South Vietnamese irs military
bases and withdrew its |
| |
last military forces from the RVN. |
| 29 March |
The U.S. Military Assistance Command,
Vietnam (USMACV), offi- |
| |
cially ceases to exist, replaced at
1900 Saigon lime by the U.S. |
| |
Defense Attache Office (DAO).
|
| 13 June |
The U.S., South Vietnam, North Vietnam,
and the Viet Cong sign |
| |
the implementation agreement to the
Paris Accords. |
| 30 June |
Less than 250 U.S. military personnel,
which includes the 50 at the |
| |
DAO, remain in South Vietnam, the
maximum allowed by the |
| |
Paris Peace Accords. |
| l July |
New Fiscal Year begins with a reduction
from 2.2 billion to 1.1 bil- |
| |
lion dollars in U.S. assistance to
South Vietnam. <
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Appendix G
Chronology of Significant Events
1973-1975
| -27 January |
The United States, Republic
of Vietnam (South Vietnam), |
| |
Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North
Vietnam), and the Provi- |
| |
sional Revolutionary Government of
South Vietnam (Viet Cong) |
| |
sign a peace agreement in Paris, France.
The Paris Accords provided |
| |
for three commissions to oversee
the implementation of the agree- |
| |
ments and resolve any differences.
The commissions were the four- |
| |
party Joint Military Commission (JMC)
representing each of the |
| |
belligerents, a two-party JMC representing
North and South Viet- |
| |
nam, and an international Commission
of Control and Supervision |
| |
(ICCS) consisting of representatives
from Canada, Poland, Hungary, |
| |
and Indonesia. |
| 27 March |
The Marine Advisory Unit of the Naval
Advisory Group in Viet- |
| |
nam is disestablished, and replaced
by the U.S. Vietnamese Marine |
| |
Corps Logistics Support Branch. This
is the last day of the 60-day |
| |
ceasefire period during which the
North Vietnamese released |
| |
American prisoners of war and in turn
the United States turned |
| |
over to the South Vietnamese irs military
bases and withdrew its |
| |
last military forces from the RVN. |
| 29 March |
The U.S. Military Assistance Command,
Vietnam (USMACV), offi- |
| |
cially ceases to exist, replaced at
1900 Saigon lime by the U.S. |
| |
Defense Attache Office (DAO).
|
| 13 June |
The U.S., South Vietnam, North Vietnam,
and the Viet Cong sign |
| |
the implementation agreement to the
Paris Accords. |
| 30 June |
Less than 250 U.S. military personnel,
which includes the 50 at the |
| |
DAO, remain in South Vietnam, the
maximum allowed by the |
| |
Paris Peace Accords. |
| l July |
New Fiscal Year begins with a reduction
from 2.2 billion to 1.1 bil- |
| |
lion dollars in U.S. assistance to
South Vietnam. |
| 15 December |
Communist troops ambush a JMC-sanctioned
MIA recovery mis- |
| |
sion, killing a U.S. Army officer
and wounding four American and |
| |
several South Vietnamese. |
| June |
LtCol Anthony Lukeman
replaces LtCol George E. Strickland as |
| |
Chief, VNMC Logistic Supporr Branch,
Navy Division, DAO. |
| 1 July |
Fiscal Year 1975 begins with funding
for South Vietnamese military |
| |
forces set at 700 million dollars,
down from 1.1 billion dollars. |
| December |
The North Vietnamese Army (NVA) 968th
Division moves into |
| |
South Vietnam's Central Highlands
from Laos, the first overt |
| |
deployment of a North Vietnamese division
into the south since |
| |
the ceasefire agreement. |
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