page_title: List of international trips made by the United States Secretary of State
section_title: Henry Kissinger
hierarchical_section_title: List of international trips made by the United States Secretary of State / Henry Kissinger
caption_attribution_description: English: President Ford and daughter Susan watch as Secretary of State Henry Kissinger shakes hands with Mao Tse-Tung; Chairman of Chinese Communist Party, during a visit to the Chairman’s residence. ID #A7912. Français&#160;: Gerald Ford, sa fille Susan, Henry Kissinger et Mao Zedong (1975).
context_page_description: This is a list of international visits undertaken by the United States secretary of state. The list includes both private travel and official state visits. The list includes only foreign travel which the secretaries of state have made during their tenure in the position.
  The first secretary of state who made a trip abroad was William H. Seward, who visited the Danish West Indies in 1866. In the early years, most secretary of state visits took place in the North, Central, and South American countries and in the Caribbean. John Hay was the first secretary of state to visit Europe. Philander C. Knox was the first to go to Asia. Cordell Hull was the first to go to Africa. Dean Rusk was the first to go to Oceania.
context_section_description: Henry Kissinger (in office 1973–1977)
caption: Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and President Gerald Ford with Chinese chairman Mao Tse-tung in Beijing, 1975
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