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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... Dobrynin Dr. Henry A. Kissinger Dobrynin had just returned from Moscow and was effusive about the meeting . He had a message from Brezhnev to me personally com- menting on my constructive handling of the negotiations . The Soviet ...
... Dobrynin stated that he thought the group would be there three or four days and could not be sure precisely but that in any event the period would be so brief that it would not result in a major military implication for the U.S. I then ...
... Dobrynin in the Map Room for breakfast , 8 : 32-10 : 16 a.m. ( Library of Congress , Manuscript Division , Kissinger Papers , Box 438 , Miscellany , 1967–76 ) In a June 13 memorandum , Haig wrote Kissinger : " Inform Dobrynin that in ...
... Dobrynin called late this afternoon and made the point that Brezhnev was most anxious that we consider very carefully his language on Vietnam . He pointed out what Dobrynin considers to be three significant portions of the paragraph on ...
... Dobrynin Dr. Henry A. Kissinger The meeting was extremely cordial . We had some introductory pleasantries during which Dobrynin asked how the Chinese addressed me . I said one thing that impressed me about them was that they always ...