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On January 27, 1973, a cease-fire agreement was signed by all the participants in the Vietnam War. United States president Richard Nixon announced the terms of the agreement in a televised address. Although the agreement provided for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Vietnam, it did not resolve the conflict. Fighting continued until South Vietnam surrendered in 1975.
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