Page "History of the United States National Security Council 1969–1974" Paragraph 1

U. S. President Richard Nixon and his National Security Advisor, Henry Kissinger, dominated the making of US foreign policy during the Nixon Presidency.

As Nixon recalled in his memoirs: " From the outset of my administration ...

I planned to direct foreign policy from the White House.

Therefore I regarded my choice of a National Security Adviser as crucial.

" Henry Kissinger worked through a National Security Council apparatus he revised and fashioned to serve his needs and objectives and those of the President.