Kissinger Gives Press Conference

United States National Security Advisor Henry A Kissinger briefs reporters on his trip to Beijing and Hanoi in the press briefing room of the White House, Washington DC, February 22, 1973. Standing beside him is White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler (1939 - 2003). Kissinger spoke about his recent trips to Beijing and Hanoi, announcing that diplomatic relations would begin with China (in the form of a Chinese delegation to the US) and that two American POWs held by the Chinese since 1957 would be released. (Photo by Benjamin E. 'Gene' Forte/CNP/Getty Images)