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mar 2, 1968 - LBJ de-escalates troops in Vietnam

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Military admins urged addition 200k troops post Tet, but cold war diplomats said back out; (Mar 31, 1868) LBJ made speech he’d limit bombing/negotiate peace, did not run again for pres; PEACE TALKS- (May 1968) between NV, SV, US in Paris, but quickly deadlocked; war continued, but US began to de-escalate, and under Nixon fully left

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mar 2, 1968
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~ 58 years ago