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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... countries of the world too , the reac- tion to the results of the Soviet - American summit meeting , with certain nuances present , is on the whole quite positive . The peoples directly connect their hopes for a general warming of the ...
... countries in the world.5 The situation in the Middle East remains to be dangerous as well , and that was also a subject of frank talks in Moscow . A radical change of the situation there can be achieved only by speedily going over to ...
... countries in most varied fields for the mutual benefit both of our two peoples and of all mankind . A great work , both for you and for us , lies ahead . Indeed , the leaders of the two powers face a task , tremendous in its scope and ...
... country . Both our governments can take satisfac- tion that a new and fruitful economic relationship is in process of de- veloping between our countries along with the major improvement in our relations in other areas . In this ...
... countries . As a political matter , it is important to resolve all these trade problems . The President and the USSR acted correctly , courageously and far sightedly when they signed the statement of principles at the Summit . Such prin ...