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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... progress on the most problematic issues in U.S. Soviet rela- tions , and provided a face - to - face means of diffusing potentially con- frontational subjects , such as growing Soviet concern about the United States ' recently ...
... progress , other than an ob- vious reference to the fact that Hanoi is willing to enter into give - and - take secret negotia- tions during which our positions would be carefully considered . " ( Ibid . , Box 993 , Alexan- der M. Haig ...
... progress in U.S. - Soviet rela- tions was due to the work accomplished through the Kissinger- Dobrynin channel . When he thought of what had really happened on the critical issues , it was clear that what progress we made in the future ...
... progress in the various fields of bilateral cooperation in which agree- ments were completed at the summit . My Science Advisor , Dr. David , has informed me that his visit to your country3 was rewarding and that a number of interesting ...
... progress in placing U.S. - Soviet commercial relations on a mutually profitable and permanent basis . I am prepared to move rapidly in this regard and with a far - seeing attitude , along the lines we discussed in Moscow . Mr. Peterson ...