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Monday February 5, 1973
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This Day In 1970's History: Monday February 5, 1973
  • American prisoners of war may not be released until the end of this week rather than by Wednesday as originally indicated. The delay is due to the U.S. not supplying a troop withdrawal schedule yet. [CBS]

  • North Vietnamese members of the Joint Military Commission have joined South Vietnamese and U.S. members at seven locations in South Vietnam. The military commission is to assist the International Control Commission and watch over the withdrawal of American troops from South Vietnam. No Viet Cong members are yet in place. [CBS]

  • Viet Cong and South Vietnamese officials talked in Paris. The purpose of the talks, as Viet Cong representative Dinh Bai Thi explained it, is to set up consultations for a political settlement in Vietnam. Saigon's Nguyen Phuong Thiep says that higher level meetings will take place in South Vietnam. [CBS]

  • An American naval team led by Rear Admiral Brian McCauley is in Haiphong, North Vietnam, to begin clearing U.S. mines from the harbor. [CBS]

  • Col. William Nolde, the last U.S. casualty in Vietnam, was buried today at Arlington National Cemetery. After the funeral, the Nolde family visited with President Nixon at the White House. [CBS]
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