Vietnam War ends in 1968 ceasefire.

In an alternate timeline, Anna Chenault, Nixon's campaign advisor, fails in convincing South Vietnamese President Nguyen Ven Thieu to withdraw from peace talks brokered by LBJ and the Soviet Union. The two Vietnams attend the talks and they agree to a Korean War-style armistice. The war ends in a ceasefire with the border restored to the 17th parallel. The United States withdraws it's troops, but continues to support South Vietnam through advisers and military equipment.

What happens as a result of this ceasefire? Does the North honour the ceasefire or does it break it like it did with the OTL Paris Peace Accords? Would a ceasefire result in a Humphrey administration in the US after the 1968 presidential elections?
 
In an alternate timeline, Anna Chenault, Nixon's campaign advisor, fails in convincing South Vietnamese President Nguyen Ven Thieu to withdraw from peace talks brokered by LBJ and the Soviet Union. The two Vietnams attend the talks and they agree to a Korean War-style armistice. The war ends in a ceasefire with the border restored to the 17th parallel. The United States withdraws it's troops, but continues to support South Vietnam through advisers and military equipment.

What happens as a result of this ceasefire? Does the North honour the ceasefire or does it break it like it did with the OTL Paris Peace Accords? Would a ceasefire result in a Humphrey administration in the US after the 1968 presidential elections?

The problem is that the peace talks were never actual peace talks. They were all delays for the US to keep face for when the time came to withdraw. The North Vietnamese were never going to hold to it, not matter what it was going to say. All they wanted was the US out of it. The South Vietnamese could never keep them at bay on their own. The South Vietnamese would not recognize the VC(Vietcong) as an official party for the peacetalks, as they had infiltrated South Vietnam everywhere and basically saw themselves as the occupying force and in control of the South. These peace talks being finalized so early on only strengthens the VC and NVA in South Vietnam. Any concessions made would just ease tension off the North. They had expected the Tet offensive to break the south and end the war, since that didn't happen they just planned on more infiltration and build up of forces in the north to begin a real offensive as soon as possible, all that had to happen was the US to withdraw.
 
In an alternate timeline, Anna Chenault, Nixon's campaign advisor, fails in convincing South Vietnamese President Nguyen Ven Thieu to withdraw from peace talks brokered by LBJ and the Soviet Union. The two Vietnams attend the talks and they agree to a Korean War-style armistice.

That will NOT be able to fly.

The whole cause of Vietnam War is to see if it's "two Vietnam's" (USA point of view) or "one Vietnam" (Vietnamese point of view). RVN may be able to pull that off (asking for more money from USA to appease the populace, or at least the elite ones) - though it is still risky. DRVN will never, ever, do that, because it would go against their very declaration of independence, sworn during the 30s and 40s. The only type of "Korean War-style armistice" that is acceptable would be an armistice followed by a General Election.

You know, the one in Geneva Accord in 1954 but the US refused to hold it because they knew the Viet Minh (and by extension, the communist party) would win with a landslide?
 
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