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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... regarding specific doc- uments of those governments . The declassification review of this vol- ume , which began in 2007 and was completed in 2009 , resulted in the decision to withold two documents and make excisions in six documents ...
... regarding major covert actions and intelligence activities . The following note will provide readers with some organizational context on how covert actions and special intelli- gence operations in support of U.S. foreign policy were ...
... regarding a covert action and to conduct periodic reviews of previously - approved operations . EO 11905 also banned all U.S. Government employees from involvement in political assassinations , a prohibition that was retained in ...
... regarding establishment of a bilateral arbi- tration panel and procedure with the USSR . -With respect to business facilities as per Article 9 of the Trade Agreement , you may offer reciprocal diplomatic immunity for a lim- ited number ...
... regarding the connection between the commercial talks and political considerations , Peterson said , " The more favorable the political environment , the more political tensions are reduced , given the kind of system we have in the ...