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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... signed by President George H. W. Bush on October 28 , 1991 , established a new statutory charter for the preparation of the series . Section 198 of P.L. 102-138 added a new Title IV to the Department of State's Basic Authorities Act of ...
... signed in Moscow . Other major themes covered include the war in Indochina , arms control , the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe ( CSCE ) , commercial relations and most - favored - nation status , grain sales , the ...
... signed NSAM No. 124. The Special Group ( CI ) , set up to coordinate counter - insurgency activities separate from the mechanism for implementing NSC 5412/2 , was to confine itself to establishing broad policies aimed at preventing and ...
... signed National Security Decision Memorandum 40,13 which superseded NSC 5412/2 and changed the name of the covert action approval group to the 40 Committee , in part because the 303 Committee had been named in the media . The At- torney ...
... signed a " finding " and informed Congress that the proposed operation was important to national security . 15 Executive Order 11905 , issued by President Ford on February 18 , 1976 , in the wake of major Congressional investigations of ...