Asia Pacific, 27 Jan 1973: Paris Peace Accords
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Political map of East Asia and the Western Pacific on 27 Jan 1973 (The Cold War in Asia: Paris Peace Accords), showing the following events: Bonin Islands restored; Sino-Soviet border conflict; Cambodian coup; Bangladeshi Liberation War; Nixon visit to China; Ryukyu Islands restored; Paris Peace Accords.

S o v i e t U n i o n

I n d o n e s i a

People's

Republic of

China

Mongolia(Sov. sat.)

M a l a y s i a

Solomon Is.(UK)

Papua
New Guinea(Aus. terr.)

Ryukyu Is.(Jap.)

Brunei(UK prot.)

P. Timor(Port.)

Nat. China
(Taiwan)

American
Samoa(US)

Gilbert

Islands(UK)

Ellice Is.(Br.)

Tokelau(NZ terr.)

Phoenix Is.(UK)

Marshall

Islands(US)

Northern

Mariana

Islands(US)

M i c r o n e s i a(US T.T.)

Paracel Is.(S.Viet. ctrl)

Spratly Is.(disp.)

Bonin Is.(Jap.)

Volcano Is.(Jap.)

International
Date Line

Jun 1968US restores Bonin &
Volcano Is. to Japan

Mar–Sep 1969Soviet border
conflict with China

Mar 1970Cambodian coup
fuels civil war

Mar–Dec 1971Bangladesh breaks
away from Pakistan

Feb 1972US President Nixon
visits China

May 1972US restores Ryukyu
Islands to Japan

27 Jan 1973Paris Peace Accords signed

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