State Department Telegram Text of a Letter from Ho Chi Minh to President Johnson
2/15/1967
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President Johnson proposed peace talks to end the Vietnam War in February 1967. Although Ho Chi Minh had tried to initiate negotiations with the United States through third parties, he was constrained by official party policy. He wrote to President Johnson, in French, regarding the peace negotiations, and his response reflects that policy: "The Vietnamese people will never give way to force, it will never accept conversation under the clear threat of bombs."
This primary source comes from the Collection LBJ-NSF: National Security Files.
Full Citation: State Department Telegram Text of a Letter from Ho Chi Minh to President Johnson; 2/15/1967; "Sunflower" Document 43; Vietnam Country Files, 11/22/1963 - 1/20/1969; Collection LBJ-NSF: National Security Files; Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, Austin, TX. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/ho-chi-minh-to-johnson, January 23, 2025]Activities that use this document
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