Henry Kissinger Negotiations (1973)
Henry Kissinger was an American politician and academic who played a major role in United States foreign policy. He made negotiations throughout the years, one of them being made during the Vietnam War in 1973. He was born on May 27, 1923 in Fuerth, Germany to a Jewish Family. He immigrated to the United States in 1938 to avoid Nazism and became a citizen of the United States in 1943. After serving in the army, he attended Harvard University where he later taught. In time, he served as a foreign policy advisor to the United States government. Then, in 1969, he was appointed by President Richard Nixon as a national security advisor.
During the Vietnam War, in 1972, he arranged two famous visits for President Richard Nixon to go to the Soviet Union and China. The purpose of these meetings was to make negotiations so that the tensions between the communist countries, Soviet Union and China and non-communist country, the United States would slowly begin to deprive. The following year, he became the first foreign person not from the United States to be granted the position of secretary of state. He continued to serve under President Richard Nixon until Gerald Ford was elected the next president of the United States. Finally, just two years before the Vietnam War ended, in 1973, Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Prize alongside Le Duc Tho, a North Vietnamese peace negotiator. Kissinger who was in charge of peace talks had ended the United States involvement in the Vietnam War. Yet, what led to his triumph was the fact that earlier he had made a secret trip to Bejing. His trip prepared for Nixon’s trip in 1972 to China and is what allowed Kissinger to make negotiations in the Paris Peace Accords of 1973, thus allowing the United States to no longer be involved in the Vietnam War.
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During the Vietnam War, in 1972, he arranged two famous visits for President Richard Nixon to go to the Soviet Union and China. The purpose of these meetings was to make negotiations so that the tensions between the communist countries, Soviet Union and China and non-communist country, the United States would slowly begin to deprive. The following year, he became the first foreign person not from the United States to be granted the position of secretary of state. He continued to serve under President Richard Nixon until Gerald Ford was elected the next president of the United States. Finally, just two years before the Vietnam War ended, in 1973, Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Prize alongside Le Duc Tho, a North Vietnamese peace negotiator. Kissinger who was in charge of peace talks had ended the United States involvement in the Vietnam War. Yet, what led to his triumph was the fact that earlier he had made a secret trip to Bejing. His trip prepared for Nixon’s trip in 1972 to China and is what allowed Kissinger to make negotiations in the Paris Peace Accords of 1973, thus allowing the United States to no longer be involved in the Vietnam War.
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