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Manila Summit Conference

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Manila Summit Conference
Seven Nations Summit Conference
The leaders of the participating countries in front of the Congress Building in Manila on 24 October 1966
Host countryPhilippines
Date24–25 October 1966
CitiesManila
VenuesCongress Building
ParticipantsAustralia, New Zealand, Philippines, South Korea, South Vietnam, Thailand, and the United States

The Manila Summit Conference was a seven nation conference to discuss the Vietnam War. It was held in Manila 24–25 October 1966.

Participants

The summit conference was hosted by president Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines. The other attendees were prime ministers Harold Holt of Australia, Keith Holyoake of New Zealand, and Thanom Kittikachorn of Thailand as well as presidents Park Chung Hee of South Korea and Lyndon B. Johnson of the United States. South Vietnam was represented by Chairman of the National Leadership Committee Nguyễn Văn Thiệu and prime minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ.[1][2]

Events

The summit opened on 24 October. The two South Vietnamese leaders and General William Westmoreland, the Commander of Military Assistance Command, Vietnam provided reviews of the political and military situation in South Vietnam. On the following day, a communiqué was discussed and approved.[3] Three conference documents were publicly announced: the Declaration of Goals of Freedom, the Joint Communiqué, and the Declaration of Peace and Progress in Asia and the Pacific.[4] The seven nations endorsed a six-point peace proposal and offered to withdraw the allied forces from South Vietnam completely within six months after "the other side withdraws its forces to the North, ceases infiltration, and the level of violence thus subsides."[5][6] North Vietnam rejected the conditions and the war continued.[7][8]

After the conclusion of the Manila Conference, President Johnson visited South Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, and South Korea, before returning to Washington on 2 November.[9]

Prime minister Holt reported on the results of the conference to the Parliament of Australia on 27 October 1966.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Manila Summit Conference, 1966". vietnamwar.govt.nz. Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 12 September 2012. Archived from the original on 20 June 2025. New Zealand Prime Minister Keith Holyoake met with other Asian and Pacific leaders at the Manila Conference in the Philippines to discuss the escalating conflict in Vietnam.
  2. ^ Pardico, Juanito M.; Headland Jr., Andrew (24 October 1966). "Manila rolls out red carpet for six world leaders". Stars and Stripes. Washington, D.C. Archived from the original on 21 June 2025. The city was set for an enthusiastic welcome Sunday for President Johnson and five other chiefs of state arriving for a 7-nation summit conference.
  3. ^ "Office of the Historian: Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964–1968, Volume IV, Vietnam, 1966 Document 281". history.state.gov. Washington, D.C.: United States Department of State. n.d. Archived from the original on 20 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Manila Summit Conference Documents". presidency.ucsb.edu. Santa Barbara County, California: The American Presidency Project. 25 October 1966. Archived from the original on 20 June 2025.
  5. ^ "LBJ, Allies Offer Troop Pullout Within 6 Months After a Peace". Bridgeport Post. Manila. AP. 25 October 1966. pp. 1, 4. Retrieved 13 July 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Nguyen, Phu Duc (2005). The Viet Nam Peace Negotiations: Saigon's Side of the Story. Christiansburg, Virginia: Dalley Book Service. p. 35. ISBN 978-0923135829.
  7. ^ "No Munich for Vietnam Reds". Kansas City Times. Tokyo. AP. 25 October 1966. p. 1. Retrieved 13 July 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Thies, Wallace J. (1980). When Governments Collide: Coercion and Diplomacy in the Vietnam Conflict, 1964-1968. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. p. 339. ISBN 978-0520046467.
  9. ^ "Office of the Historian: Travels of the President Lyndon B. Johnson". history.state.gov. Washington, D.C.: United States Department of State. n.d. Archived from the original on 20 June 2025.
  10. ^ "Speech by The Rt. Hon. Harold Holt, M.P., on Manila Summit Conference Ministerial Statement" (PDF). pmtranscripts.pmc.gov.au. Canberra, Australia: Parliament of Australia. 27 October 1966. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 June 2025. Mr. Speaker, I report to the House upon the Manila Summit Conference from which I have just returned.
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