{"record":{"affiliations":[{"polityId":"polity-3fcc9adb88012825729f2b2c","sourceIds":["growth-person-48cdb312f8683b2034182434-secretary-rogers-william-pierce"]}],"aliases":["William Pierce Rogers","William Rogers"],"appointmentIds":[],"appointmentsDataset":"https://chanceries.org/diplomats.json","archivalSources":[],"canonicalUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/person-48cdb312f8683b2034182434-8dd5581923/","countrySlug":null,"countrySlugs":["russia","china","japan","united-kingdom","france"],"entityId":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/person-48cdb312f8683b2034182434-8dd5581923/#person","eventIds":[],"expandedParagraphs":["William P. Rogers served as Secretary of State under Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1973. A New York lawyer and wartime naval officer, he had been attorney general in Dwight D. Eisenhower’s administration. His friendship with Nixon and experience in government brought him to the department, but Nixon and national security adviser Henry Kissinger controlled many of the administration’s most consequential diplomatic initiatives.","Rogers concentrated substantial effort on the Arab-Israeli conflict. His 1969 peace proposal sought a settlement based on United Nations Security Council Resolution 242 and cooperation among the major powers. The initiative did not produce a comprehensive agreement, but American diplomacy helped obtain a ceasefire in 1970. The failure to reach a lasting settlement left major territorial and political disputes unresolved.","He also handled European security questions and signed the Paris agreement on Vietnam in January 1973, after negotiations led principally by Kissinger. Within the department, Rogers supported the introduction of computerized systems for diplomatic records. His experience illustrates the division between the formal authority of the secretary and a foreign policy apparatus increasingly directed from the White House. He resigned in September 1973, when Kissinger moved into the secretaryship while retaining his position as national security adviser."],"id":"global:person-48cdb312f8683b2034182434","identifiers":{},"identityScope":"global","legacyPersonIds":[],"legacyUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplomat-8dd5581923bd66ec5ebf.html","name":"William P. Rogers","notes":[],"paragraphSources":[["growth-person-48cdb312f8683b2034182434-secretary-rogers-william-pierce"],["growth-person-48cdb312f8683b2034182434-secretary-rogers-william-pierce"],["growth-person-48cdb312f8683b2034182434-secretary-rogers-william-pierce"]],"profileUrl":"diplomat-8dd5581923bd66ec5ebf.html","relatedEvents":[],"relatedPeople":[],"relationships":[],"researchStatus":"reviewed","reviewedOn":"2026-11-04","revision":"a88485be78e82d3a","sources":[{"accessedOn":"2026-11-04","date":"","id":"growth-person-48cdb312f8683b2034182434-secretary-rogers-william-pierce","locator":"Introduction, Rise to Prominence, Influence on American Diplomacy, and service chronology","publisher":"U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian","title":"Biographies of the Secretaries of State: William P. Rogers","type":"institutional","url":"https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/rogers-william-pierce"}],"topics":[]},"schemaVersion":1}