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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... course , there is the matter of Vietnam . I will not come now to repeat our position on the Vietnam question . It was expressed to you in Moscow with all clarity and in full . As you know , a Soviet delegation headed by N.V. Podgorny ...
... course of the Moscow meeting . It is perfectly clear that our coordinated efforts in the interests of removing hotbeds of tension existing in the world , would also fully correspond to those basic principles which , as we have agreed ...
... course of more than a quarter - century and which gave rise to their traditions , their customs and , if you please , their own force of inertia . Tenacious efforts are needed to overcome them all . In this connec- tion I would like to ...
... course which offers great hope for the future . For this reason , I place utmost stress on Dr. Kissinger's September visit to the Soviet Union as a logical continuation of the progress made thus far . He will be prepared to discuss in ...
... course followed with interest in view of your comments in Moscow . It is quite evident that President Pod- gorny's visit had a positive impact . In the meantime , it has been agreed to resume negotiations in Paris , both in plenary ...