Nobel Peace Prize 1973

Henry A. Kissinger

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Prize share: 1/2

Le Duc Tho

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Prize share: 1/2

The Nobel Peace Prize 1973 was awarded jointly to Henry A. Kissinger and Le Duc Tho "for jointly having negotiated a cease fire in Vietnam in 1973"

Le Duc Tho declined the Nobel Peace Prize.

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