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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... problem is that of having Soviet tankers call first at Cuban ports to deliver oil , then at US ports to pick up CCC - financed grain shipments — an arrangement that would be prohibited by NSAM 220 policy . The underlying problem that ...
... problem , they did ask enough questions to suggest that they might be willing to find some middle ground . Specifically , they caught on to Peterson's distinction between ships that had traded with Cuba and ships calling on Cuba in the ...
... problems so that we will have a clearer idea of what the issues are . There will be a number . The Soviets have consistently rejected the concept of paying back interest on lend - lease . This is precisely the problem we had hoped to ...
... problem is a real one . In the meantime , there is important work to get started on . For ex- ample , there are many different opinions , conflicting assertions , on the Soviet gas projects . Some sources say the costs are $ 3-4 billion ...
... problem on " that principle . " Brezhnev doesn't like unpleasant words but it is an old problem . The United States got nothing . If Brezhnev had been General Secretary at the time and as farsighted as he is now , he would have had the ...