 By this point, the entire atmosphere in the Nixon administration of intrigue and paranoia was becoming too much for Laird.Laird counted on the success of Vietnamization, peace talks that had begun in 1968 in Paris and the secret negotiations in Paris between Kissinger and North Vietnamese representatives to end the conflict.On 27 January 1973, two days before Laird left office, the negotiators signed the Paris Peace Accords.