Richard Nixon (77 images)

President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger confer aboard Air Force One as they head toward Brussels, Belgium June 26, 1974 for NATO talks. Nixon rests his legs on the table to ease an attack of phlebitis which had struck him recently. Following the Brussels talks, Nixon headed for Moscow and summit talks with Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev. (UPI/File)

Pres. Nixon has a hard time pinning the Defense Distinguished Service Medal on Maj. Gen. Alexander M. Haig Jr., the number two security advisor under Henry Kissinger. After congratulating Haig, the medal didn’t hold and fell down to the floor. (UPI Photo/John Full/Files)

Pres. Nixon has a hard time pinning the Defense Distinguished Service Medal on Maj. Gen. Alexander M. Haig Jr., the number two security advisor under Henry Kissinger. After congratulating Haig, the medal didn’t hold and fell down to the floor. (UPI Photo/John Full/Files)

Pres. Nixon met at the White House on May 11, 1973 with two of his top officials who are about to make foreign trips. Secretary of State William P. Rogers (L) is leaving May 12 for a tour of Latin America. Henry Kissinger, Nixon’s chief foreign policy advisor, will meet in Paris next Thursday with Hanoi’s Le Duc Tho to discuss ways to shore up the shaky Vietnam ceasefire agreement. (UPI Photo/tm/Files)