52 years ago today, September 22, 1973 (August 26, 1973 in the lunar calendar), Kissinger became Secretary of State of the United States. From July 9 to 11, 1971, Dr. Kissinger, the Special Envoy of the President and Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, visited China secretly to exchange views on the normalization of Sino-US relations. Premier Zhou Enlai met with Dr. Kissinger On September 22, 1973, Kissinger became Secretary of State of the United States. Henry Kissinger was born in Volt, Germany in 1923. He is of Jewish descent and former US Secretary of State. In 1938, the family moved to the United Kingdom due to the Nazis 'persecution of Jews, and moved to the United States the same year. Naturalized U.S. citizenship in 1943 and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Studied political science at Harvard University after the war. He received a Master of Arts in 1952 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1954. He has served as executive director of the National Defense Research Class at Harvard University, director of the Defense Research Program, professor at Harvard University, and head of the Center for International Studies at Harvard University. 1969-1974 He served as Assistant to National Security Affairs to President Nixon and Director of the National Security Council in 1999. On September 22, 1973, he officially took office as Secretary of State of the United States (1973-1977). He was the first non-American Secretary of State in U.S. history and the first Secretary of State to concurrently serve as Assistant for National Security Affairs. During his tenure, he pursued "balance of power diplomacy", implemented a policy of détente towards the Soviet Union, and initiated "shuttle diplomacy" on the Middle East issue. He visited China for the first time in July 1971, and accompanied President Nixon to visit China in February the following year. He withdrew from the government in 1977. He is the author of "Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy","The White House Years", etc. During the tenure of Presidents Nixon and Ford, Henry Kissinger served as important national security adviser and secretary of state of the United States. He had great influence on U.S. foreign policy and was the main figure of the United States in the negotiations to end the Vietnam War. As a result, he shared the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize. His glorious diplomatic career also included promoting the normalization of U.S. -China relations and the easing of U.S. -Soviet relations, and promoting peace talks between Israel and Arab countries through "shuttle diplomacy", which significantly improved relations between Israel and Egypt. Mao Zedong talked with Dr. Kissinger and Kissinger won the Nobel Prize. Kissinger was at the UN General Assembly in 1973