Soviet Union, June 1972-August 1974The Foreign Relations of the United States series presents the official documentary historical record of major foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity of the United States Government.
This volume is part of a subseries of the Foreign Relations of the United States that documents the most significant foreign policy issues and major decisions of the administrations of Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford. Five volumes in this subseries, volumes XII through XVI, cover U.S. relations with the Soviet Union. This specific volume documents United States policy toward Soviet Union from June 1972 until August 1974, following closely the development of the administration's policy of Détente and culminating with President Nixon's resignation in August 1974.
This volume continues the practice of covering U.S.-Soviet relations in a global context, highlighting conflict and collaboration between the two superpowers in the era of Détente. Chronologically, it follows volume XIV, Soviet Union, October 1971- May 1972, which documents the May 1972 Moscow Summit between President Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. This volume includes numerous direct personal communications between Nixon and Brezhnev covering a host of issues, including clarifying the practical application of the SALT I and ABM agreements signed in Moscow. Other major themes covered include the war in Indochina, arms control, the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSE), commercial relations and most-favored-nation status, grain sales, the emigration of Soviet Jews, Jackson-Vanik legislation, and the October 1973 Arab-Israeli war. |
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... Ambassador Ana- toly Dobrynin continued to function as the principal line of communi- cation between the two superpowers . The backchannel was key to making progress on the most problematic issues in U.S. Soviet rela- tions , and ...
... Ambassador to the Soviet Union until January 1973 Bennett , Jack , Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury for Monetary Affairs from 1971 until 1974 ; Under Secretary of the Treasury for Monetary Affairs from 1974 Boumedienne , Houari ...
... Ambassador to the United Nations Mansfield , Michael J. , Senator ( D - Montana ) ; Senate Majority Leader Manzhulo , A.N. , Soviet Deputy Foreign Trade Minister Mao Zedong ( Mao Tse - tung ) , Chairman , Chinese Communist Party ...
... Ambassador to the United Nations from February 1973 Scheel , Walter , Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Ger- many until 1974 ; Acting Chancellor until May 1974 ; thereafter President Schlesinger , James R ...
... Ambassador Dobrynin would be informed as soon as possible . I pointed out that the visit was not known by any other U.S. officials and that we now planned to make a low - keyed an- nouncement on Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. I also pointed ...