This is the text of President Nixon’s radio and television broadcast announcing the initialing of the Paris ‘Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam’.
Nixon’s speech was broadcast at 10pm from the Oval Office at the White House.
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Text of President Richard Nixon’s ‘Peace With Honor’ Broadcast.
Good evening. I have asked for this radio and television time tonight for the purpose of announcing that we today have concluded an agreement to end the war and bring peace with honor in Vietnam and in Southeast Asia.