Soviet Union, October 1970-October 1971This volume continues the practice established in the previous Foreign Relations volume on U.S.-Soviet relations and focuses on the relationship in the global context, highlighting the conflicts and collaboration between the two superpowers on foreign policy issues from October 1970 to October 1971. Beginning with the confrontation over the construction of a Soviet military base in Cuba, the volume documents the development of the Nixon administration's policy of détente and the crucial role of the private channel between Henry Kissinger, the President's Assistant for National Security Affairs, and Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin. The backchannel was key to making progress on the most problematic issues in U.S.-Soviet relations: Berlin, the war in Indochina, strategic arms limitation talks, Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union, and trade. It also allowed the two nations to avoid conflict and to cooperate on managing crises around the world, such as the Middle East dispute and the Indo-Pakistani conflict. The volume also includes documentation on the internal and bilateral negotiations for the timing of a visit by Nixon to the Soviet Union and ends with the public announcement in October 1971 of the May 1972 summit between Nixon and Brezhnev, the first U.S.-Soviet summit since 1967. The era of détente and cooperation between the superpowers had begun |
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... Yeah , yeah . K : I mean it shows really how - that these negotiations are miss- ing the essential point that the Germans are pressing for . [ Omitted here is a brief exchange on Senator Hugh Scott . ] K : Brezhnev made a speech ...
... Yeah , yeah . K : I mean it shows really how - that these negotiations are miss- ing the essential point that the Germans are pressing for . [ Omitted here is a brief exchange on Senator Hugh Scott . ] K : Brezhnev made a speech ...
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... Yeah , yeah . K : ... and he says well if this goes on another day or two , that's the end of Ostpolitik . So strangely enough they see it the same way that I do . He is a bastard . P : Thank God , the British see it like we do now.3 ...
... Yeah , yeah . K : ... and he says well if this goes on another day or two , that's the end of Ostpolitik . So strangely enough they see it the same way that I do . He is a bastard . P : Thank God , the British see it like we do now.3 ...
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... Yeah . But whatever it is — what it may mean is that they will cancel the price rises . Our guess on Friday3 was that if he came in he'd cancel the price rises which would look like a liberal — like a move to placate the workers . P : Yeah ...
... Yeah . But whatever it is — what it may mean is that they will cancel the price rises . Our guess on Friday3 was that if he came in he'd cancel the price rises which would look like a liberal — like a move to placate the workers . P : Yeah ...
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... Yeah , I think the latter is more likely . " K : Do you agree with that ? " H : Yeah , I think they will have to cool it with the Germans and end it up with us . " K : You think that's right . " H : That would be my guess , yeah . " K ...
... Yeah , I think the latter is more likely . " K : Do you agree with that ? " H : Yeah , I think they will have to cool it with the Germans and end it up with us . " K : You think that's right . " H : That would be my guess , yeah . " K ...
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... Yeah , I saw that . Kissinger : in Cienfuegos and a nuclear submarine next to it.2 Nixon : Yeah . Kissinger : And that really is a kick in the teeth in the light of what you said on your— Nixon : Yeah . Kissinger : -television program.3 ...
... Yeah , I saw that . Kissinger : in Cienfuegos and a nuclear submarine next to it.2 Nixon : Yeah . Kissinger : And that really is a kick in the teeth in the light of what you said on your— Nixon : Yeah . Kissinger : -television program.3 ...
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