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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... ( MIRVs ) but no initiative - indeed , the inference has been left that we should make the proposals . It seems to me that since you have already left the message that there may be some bargaining room on matters of Soviet concern if they ...
... MIRVs on land - based missiles . The third is no MIRVs on SLBMs , and limits on long - range missiles on airplanes . Dobrynin : That is today's . Kissinger : Right . Brezhnev : So I would then suggest I give you our latest version of ...
... MIRVs . Our counter draft introduced more substance . We proposed that ICBMS , SLBMs , and heavy bombers would be subject to equitable lim- its and that other nuclear delivery systems would be handled by a joint pledge not to circumvent ...
... MIRVs on their very heavy ICBMs ( the SS - 9 type ) , and in turn we might ban ballistic missiles from our bombers . Brezhnev , in effect , ruled out MIRV limits for now , though he claimed he had not had time to study our proposals ...
... MIRVs / MRVs . 13. European Security Issues . The Soviets remain convinced that a European security conference ( CSCE ) could help them to increase their political influence and economic ties in Western Europe , as well as con- tribute ...