[wingman1]

"The paper also reported that Kerry claimed to have flown to Paris and “talked with both delegations at the peace talks".

IIRC, the "both" delegations Kerry talked with in Paris were the North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong, not the government of South Vietnam.

[expatpat]

You remember correctly. 'Both delegations' consisted of the North Vietnamese and the VC Provisional Government, basically.