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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No doubt , a great job has been done - a good foundation has been laid for a fundamental improvement of Soviet - American relations . Now the main thing becomes — and I note with gratification that you are of the same opinion — to ...
So far as we can judge , most Americans think likewise . It is clear by now that in other countries of the world too , the reaction to the results of the Soviet - American summit meeting , with certain nuances present , is on the whole ...
It seems , Mr. President , that now , taking everything we tell you into account , the American side would do a right thing if it proposed to the Vietnamese side a concrete date of the renewal of the talks and did not complicate the ...
The restriction that required that half of all giain shipped to the USSR be on American vessels was lifted , and longshoremen , who initially protested loading the grain on non - American ships , eventually consented to loading American ...