Paris is chosen as site for peace talks
After 34 days of discussions to select a site the United States and North Vietnam agree to begin formal negotiations in Paris on May 10 or shortly thereafter.Hanoi disclosed that ex-Foreign Minister Xuan Thuy would head the North Vietnamese delegation at the talks.Ambassador W.
Averell Harriman was named as his U.S.counterpart.The start of negotiations brought a flurry of hope that the war might be settled quickly.
Instead the talks rapidly degenerated into a dreary ritual of weekly sessions during which both sides repeated long-standing positions without seeming to come close to any agreement.
