Sept 22: Henry Kissinger advances
–adds “U.S. Secretary of State” to his “National Security Advisor” title.
Real politik…Detente…“China Shock” – when Kissinger advises Japan that Nixon will visit China.
Washington, DC…National Security Advisor (1969–1975), then appointed Secretary of State Sept 22, 1973…just days before the Yom Kippur War in the Middle East…until Jan 20, 1977…
A Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany, moving to Washington Heights, NY in 1938, he wins Nobel Peace Prize in 1973 for role in arranging fragile (later to be broken) cease fire with North Vietnam…