While the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are in Vietnam, “united in … determination to take all necessary measures in support of freedom,” de facto Commander-in-Chief Nixon, Esq., dispatches an ultimatum to Ho Chi Minh, dictator of the Democratic Republic of (North) Vietnam, threatening him with the annihilation of his own people if he does not assume a more accommodating negotiating posture at the Paris, France Peace negotiations.
NOTE: As an attorney (Officer of the Court) Nixon was ineligible to serve in two branches of government at the same time, according to Article I, Section 6 [Clause 2].
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References:
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969—1976, Volume VI, Vietnam, January 1969—July 1970 – Office of the Historian
history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76v06/d97
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