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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... Action Memorandum NSDM , National Security Decision Memorandum NSSM , National Security Study Memorandum NYT , New York Times OAS , Organization of American States OEP , Office of Emergency Preparedness P , Peter Peterson PLO ...
... International Agreements WH , White House WSAG , Washington Special Actions Group YAK - 40 , Soviet airliner used by Aeroflot Z , Greenwich Mean Time Persons Agnew , Spiro , Vice President of the United Abbreviations and Terms XVII.
... action operations . NSC 4 - A made the Director of Central Intelligence respon- sible for psychological warfare , establishing at the same time the prin- ciple that covert action was an exclusively Executive Branch function . The ...
... action mandate given in NSC 10/2 and expanded the CIA's authority over guerrilla warfare . + The PSB was soon abolished by the incoming Eisenhower administration , but the ex- pansion of the CIA's covert action writ in NSC 10/5 helped ...
... actions . By the end of the Eisenhower administration , this group , which became known as the " NSC 5412/2 Special Group " or simply " Special Group , " emerged as the executive body to review and approve covert action programs ...