‘Go away! I don't believe in ghosts!' In May 1964, in the British Sunday newspaper The Observer, the cartoonist Abu condemns the United States' military engagement in Vietnam and recalls France's fate in Indo-China.

On 29 March 1965, pacifist militants take to the streets of Frankfurt in protest against US military intervention in Vietnam. Two police officers apprehend a demonstrator carrying a banner: ‘No bombs in Vietnam'.

Lyndon Baines Johnson, Democratic President of the United States from 1963 to 1969.

On 16 May 1966, as part of Operation ‘Wahiawa’, a ‘search and destroy’ mission conducted by the US 25th Infantry Division, US UH-1D helicopters airlift members of the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Division to their combat zone north-east of Cu Chi, Vietnam.

On 2 June 1967, thousands of demonstrators take to the streets of Milan in response to the call made jointly by the Italian Communist Party and by the Peoples' Socialist Party against the continuing war in Vietnam.

‘The abyss in Vietnam is getting smaller.’ In February 1968, Opland, Dutch cartoonist, condemns in his own inimitable fashion the horrors of the Vietnam War.

In February 1968, crowds demonstrate in the streets of West Berlin against the US military involvement in Vietnam.

On 3 November 1968, Ho Chi Minh, President of North Vietnam, called upon his citizens to continue the struggle for the freedom of Vietnam and condemns the imperialist aims of the United States with regard to South-East Asia.

On 15 December 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono launch a poster campaign in support of peace in Vietnam as a Christmas wish. Twelve American cities and eleven capital cities around the world, including Paris, have the following slogan adorning their walls: ‘War is over! If you want it.’

On 5 May 1970, pacifist militants demonstrate in New York outside the federal post office building against US military intervention in Vietnam.

On 2 December 1970, the signatories of the Warsaw Pact unanimously deplore the situation in Indo-China and the United States’ imperialist policy in Vietnam.

On 14 May 1970, the Soviet magazine Krokodil accuses the United States of fanning the flames of the war in Vietnam towards Cambodia and Laos.

On 7 April 1971, in an adress to the nation, US President, Richard Nixon, reveals to his compatriots the reasons for speeding up the withdrawal of US troops engaged in conflict in Vietnam.

On 27 October 1972, Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera gives an account of the difficulties surrounding negotiations on the declaration of a cease fire in Vietnam.

On 16 December 1972, Henry Kissinger, Assistant to US President Richard Nixon for National Security Affairs, holds a press conference in Washington at which he indicates the obstacles that have arisen during the negotiations for an end to hostilities in Vietnam.

‘Liberators come and go – but the people remain.’ In 1972, le cartoonist Behrendt draws attention to the fate and the suffering of the people of Vietnam, who have lived through war for more than 30 years.

On 23 January 1973, US President, Richard Nixon, announces in a speech broadcast on radio and television, the conclusion of an agreement to end hostilities and reestablish peace in Vietnam.

On 24 January 1973, Le Duc Tho, Header of the North Vietnam Delegation at the Paris peace negotiations, describes at an international press conference the main points contained in the future agreement on ending the war in Vietnam.

On 24 January 1973, the French communist daily newspaper L’Humanité welcomes the agreement recognising the independence and sovereignty of Vietnam.

On 25 January 1973, Nguyen Thi Bin, Republic of South Vietnam Foreign Minister, gives a speech in Paris on the importance of the forthcoming agreement on ending the war and restoring peace to Vietnam.

US helicopters hunting Viet Cong fighters fly over paddy fields in the Mekong Delta.

On 25 January 1973, German daily newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung considers the viability of a ceasefire in Vietnam and the country's future after the withdrawal of American troops.

In his editorial of 25 January 1973, Emanuele Gazzo, Editor-in-Chief of Agence Europe, expresses regret that the Nine did not sieze the opportunity of the war in Indochina to establish a common foreign policy.

On 27 January 1973, in Paris, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the United States sign the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam.

On 27 January 1973, during the Four-Power Conference in Paris, William Rogers, US Secretary of State, signs the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam.

On 27 January 1973, in Paris, Mrs Nguyen Thi Binh, Foreign Minister in the Provisional Revolutionary Government of Vietnam (PRG), signs the definitive version of the ceasefire agreements in Vietnam.

Nguyen Duy Trinh (centre) heads the delegation from the Democratic Republic of Vietnam to the Vietnam Peace Conference held in Paris on 27 January 1973.

On 27 January 1973, the Supreme Command of the Peoples Liberation Armed Forces of South Vietnam informs its troops of the victory and describes what steps have been taken regarding the ceasefire.

On 28 January 1973, the Central Committee of the National Liberation Front and the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam proclaim victory for the Vietnamese people and call upon its armed forces to put an end to the fighting.

On 28 January 1973, in its coverage of the agreement intended to end the hostilities in Vietnam, the French daily newspaper Le Monde gives an initial account of the armed conflict and expresses concern over the country’s political future.

On 19 September 1974, faced with the bellicose attitude of the communist forces, Nguyen Van Thieu, President of the Republic of Vietnam, informs Gerald R. Ford, the American President, of his wish to see the United States reaffirm their support for the government of the Republic of Vietnam and for the application of the Paris Peace Agreements.

In an interview in December 1979 with German weekly Der Spiegel, Nguyen van Thieu, former President of South Vietnam, comments on the content of the memoirs of Henry Kissinger, former US Secretary of State, with regard to the Vietnam War.