Vice President Richard Nixon and delegation tour Angkor Wat, 1953
Siem Reap, Cambodia

Vice President Richard Nixon and Second Lady Pat Nixon made a goodwill tour of more than ten Asian nations during President Dwight Eisenhower’s first term. The delegation, which included Nixon’s secretary Rose Mary Woods and member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Christian Archibald Herter Jr., visited Angkor Wat in Cambodia, which sought military aid from the United States.

National Archives and Records Administration, Still Picture Unit, 16915939