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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... exchange of information between the United States and the Soviet Union , as well as illustrate the development of détente . The editors had access to the Nixon Intelligence Files at the Na- tional Security Council and the files of the ...
... exchange of views in the confidential channel so that both our governments can proceed in these negotiations with ... exchanges . Our lengthy conversations about the conflict in Indochina11 served , I believe , to deepen the ...
... exchange of views on European matters . The Soviet people welcome the turn for the better that appeared in our relations , and they expect this to strengthen peace and thus to serve the benefit of all mankind . So far as we can judge ...
... exchange consumer goods and capital goods such as machinery . Would require credits . The United States has credits that could be made available . This requires good will and a reasonable approach . The United States should roll away ...
... development of Soviet liquefied nat- ural gas fields in exchange for imports . Regarding Brezhnev's interst in the project , see Document 21. See also Document 69 . Middle East In a half - hearted way Dobrynin asked June - August 1972 63.