Newspaper Headline - "Nixon Starts Sea Blockade"

Creator

Preview

Identifier

35160004317013

Creation Date

5-9-1972

Subject—Places

Vietnam; United Kingdom

Subject—Topics

Vietnam War, 1961-1975

Description

London: A man on his way to work 5/9 reads about President Nixon's order to have North Vietnam's ports mined and blockaded and Hanoi's rail links with China bombed. The President's decision 5/8 posed the gravest threat of a big power confrontation since the Cuban missile crisis of a decade ago.

Format

BW Photograph, 8.5" x 11"

Source

United Press International

Series

Other Countries