The Nobel Peace Prize 1973
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Henry Alfred Kissinger
Prize share: 1/2
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Le Duc Tho
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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