Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In the last months of 1972, the world watched as prospects for a negotiated end to the Vietnam War appeared to improve amid ongoing talks in Paris.

ITN reported from Paris, Washington DC and South Vietnam as war and diplomacy unfolded in parallel, and as people sought to understand what an end to the conflict might bring.

Those reports are presented here in full.

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