Henry Kissinger
1923 – 2023 American National Security Advisor and Secretary of State
Top Nixon-era diplomat who steered policy against Allende.
- Religion
- Jewish
- Affiliations
- National Security Advisor and later Secretary of State under Presidents Nixon and Ford; directed policy against Salvador Allende in Chile.
Henry Kissinger was a German-born American diplomat who served as National Security Advisor and Secretary of State. He directed U.S. policy to undermine the elected government of Salvador Allende in Chile. He remained an influential and controversial figure in foreign policy for decades.
Works in the library
- 2014 World Order
- 1994 Diplomacy
Connections
- associate of David Rockefeller — Longtime associate through the Council on Foreign Relations and Chase advisory board.
- associate of Richard Nixon — His national security adviser and Secretary of State.
- associate of Richard Nixon — Served as his national security adviser.
- rival of Salvador Allende — Directed policy to undermine his government.
In the timeline
- 1971 Kissinger's secret trip to Beijing mentioned
- 1972 Nixon and Kissinger reorder the Cold War world mentioned
- 1974 Kissinger memo NSSM 200 links population to US security mentioned
- 1974 Kissinger memo details Project AZORIAN cover story mentioned
- 1974 The US-Saudi Joint Commission on Economic Cooperation mentioned
- 1976 Argentina's junta and the Dirty War mentioned
- 1983 ABC airs nuclear war debate after The Day After mentioned
- 2014 Kissinger publishes World Order mentioned