Le Duc Tho
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Le Duc Tho refused the Peace Prize on the grounds peace had not yet been established.
From Reuters ● Jan. 11, 2023
The 1973 prize was awarded to Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger and the North Vietnam statesman Le Duc Tho for having negotiated a cease-fire in the Vietnam War.
From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2019
Two people - author and philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre in 1964 and Vietnamese politician Le Duc Tho in 1973 - rejected the prize, and four others were forced to decline by their countries.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2019
It’s little wonder that Le Duc Tho, the Vietnamese communist leader who was awarded the prize alongside Kissinger, rejected it in disgust.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 1, 2017
This was the first of many secret meetings between Kissinger and Le Duc Tho, a high-ranking member of the North Vietnamese government.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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