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NIXON IN RUSSIA.
Black leatherette album containing 41 color photographs, 10 x 8 inches, May 20-31, 1972,

4 June 2014, 13:00 EDT
New York

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NIXON IN RUSSIA.

Black leatherette album containing 41 color photographs, 10 x 8 inches, May 20-31, 1972, stamped "OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH / THE WHITE HOUSE / WASHINGTON" with date on verso.
Provenance: Estate of John Shannon, Director of the White House Photo Laboratory.

A photo record of Nixon's 1972 USSR visit from the departure out of National Airport in Washington, DC through the historic tour and state visit, ending with a motorcade in Tehran on a side trip to meet with the Shah of Iran. As Vice President under Eisenhower, Nixon went to the Soviet Union to meet with Nikita Khrushchev in 1959. The 1972 summit meeting in Moscow encouraged East-West detente on the environment, space exploration and nuclear arms reduction. These pictures show Nixon shaking hands and being toasted by his hosts, negotiating and signing agreements, speaking on Russian TV, and laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow. It also traces Pat Nixon's tour of the city's cultural life including visits to a ballet school, a science class, a fashion show and Red Square. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger accompanied the Nixons and appears in some photographs. Richard Nixon remains the only American President to visit Russia while in office.

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