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Mrs. Nixon Speaks with Barbara Walters Outside Peking Hotel

Photographer
Byron E. Schumaker
Date of Work
February 22, 1972
Type
Photograph
Credit
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum/NARA
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Mrs. Nixon Speaks with Barbara Walters Outside Peking Hotel

This photograph of First Lady Pat Nixon was taken on February 22, 1972, during President Richard M. Nixon's historic visit to the People's Republic of China. Mrs. Nixon is captured speaking to American reporter Barbara Walters outside the Peking Hotel. President Nixon's trip was the first time an American president had taken part in a State Visit to China.