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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... important documents and policies and indicates whether the President or his major policy ad- visers read the document . Editorial notes and additional annotation summarize pertinent material not printed in the volume , indicate the ...
... important source of documentation for those interested in U.S. - Soviet relations during the Nixon administration . Foreign policy research in the Nixon Materials centers around the National Security Council ( NSC ) Files , which ...
... important differences which we both recognize remain and will continue to remain between us , the road to the next summit meeting will undoubtedly not be an easy one either . But we now know how to prepare and we can accel- erate the ...
... important.1 We are deeply convinced as before that the way to end the war in Vietnam goes not through its intensification and expansion but through a search of mutually acceptable solutions at the negotiation table . It seems , Mr ...
... importance of this approach with Pete Peterson before his Moscow trip . If this does not succeed , the foreign policy ... important it would avoid giving the impression that there has been a general relaxation in our policy toward Cuba ...