ABSTRACT
The Vietnam War is the seminal event in the history of Soviet-Vietnamese relations. The war, then the effects and aftermath of the war, have dictated day-to-day relations and have imprisoned the two countries in an association that future historians may judge not in the interest of either. Soviet-Vietnam wartime relations can be divided into three phases: from the start of the war until October 1964, from October 1964 to February 1968; and from February 1968 to the end of the war in April 1975. The nadir of the wartime relationship was reached in early 1964. Khrushchev's agonizing reappraisal and Hanoi's growing disillusionment collided in Moscow in February 1964 at a ten-day meeting between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam delegation and Khrushchev along with other high-level Soviet officials. Soviet-Vietnamese relations during the heart of the war—the period between the arrival of US combat troops and the Paris Agreements—became something of a roller coaster ride for the North Vietnamese.
