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Tuesday February 6, 1973
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This Day In 1970's History: Tuesday February 6, 1973
  • It now appears likely that the release of American POWs will begin on Saturday. [CBS]

  • A 12-nation international conference will meet in Paris on February 26. China and Russia are among the participants, as are the United States, South Vietnam, North Vietnam, the Viet Cong and the four International Control Commission nations. [CBS]

  • At Quang Tri, South Vietnamese marines are awaiting the arrival of the International Control Commission team. A team was coming to inspect future housing facilities there, but as they approached the city they saw smoke from a battle on the horizon and returned to Hue.

    Viet Cong members of the Joint Military Commission arrived at Can Tho. An ICC team went to the airport to meet them, but South Vietnam would not allow contact. The Viet Cong is to be kept isolated, and South Vietnam is pretending that the Viet Cong doesn't exist. The ICC pointed out that peace can only be achieved by good will on all sides. [CBS]

  • The U.S. began clearing mines from North Vietnamese waters. [CBS]

  • With the cease-fire in effect, the Viet Cong is not so elusive as before. Villages in the Mekong Delta region of South Vietnam display PRG flags, an offense punishable by death in President Thieu's South Vietnam. Villagers celebrated a belated Tet holiday. They say that until today South Vietnamese troops were shelling the area. V.C. soldiers, some carrying American weapons, shook hands with newsmen. Villagers say that they hate American soldiers, but not the American people. [CBS]
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