“Of course, I would like to go down in history as the man who brought peace.”

— Nguyễn Văn Thiệu

"Thieu Asks an Invasion of North If Paris Peace Negotiations Fail" in The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1973/01/14/archives/thieu-asks-an-invasion-of-north-if-paris-peace-negotiations-fail.html (14 January 1973)

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