page_title: Presidency of Richard Nixon
section_title: List of international trips
hierarchical_section_title: Presidency of Richard Nixon / Foreign policy / List of international trips
caption_attribution_description: English: The highlighted countries are those visited by Richard Nixon during his presidency
context_page_description: The presidency of Richard Nixon began at noon EST on January 20, 1969, when Richard Nixon was inaugurated as 37th President of the United States, and ended on August 9, 1974, when he resigned in the face of almost certain impeachment and removal from office, the only U.S. president ever to do so. He was succeeded by Gerald Ford, whom he had appointed Vice President after Spiro Agnew was forced to resign. Nixon took office after the 1968 presidential election, in which he defeated incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey. Although Nixon had built his reputation as a very active Republican campaigner, he downplayed partisanship in his 1972 landslide reelection.
  Nixon's primary focus while in office was on foreign affairs. He focused on détente with the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union, easing Cold War tensions with both countries. As part of this policy, Nixon signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and SALT I, two landmark arms control treaties with the Soviet Union. Nixon promulgated the Nixon Doctrine, which called for indirect assistance by the United States rather than direct U.S. commitments as seen in the ongoing Vietnam War.
context_section_description: Nixon made fifteen international trips to 42 different countries during his presidency.
caption: Countries visited by Nixon during his presidency.
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