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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... action , telegram indicator requiring immediate action NIC , National Intelligence Council NIE , National Intelligence Estimate NLF , National Liberation Front Nodis , no distribution ( other than to persons indicated ) Noforn , no ...
... action , telegram indicator requiring immediate action NIC , National Intelligence Council NIE , National Intelligence Estimate NLF , National Liberation Front Nodis , no distribution ( other than to persons indicated ) Noforn , no ...
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... action in Moscow with a scheme that they had reason to believe would draw a strong reaction from us and lead to a ... action to Cienfuegos , they could place in evidence also our actions in regard to Jordan and our subsequent vocal ...
... action in Moscow with a scheme that they had reason to believe would draw a strong reaction from us and lead to a ... action to Cienfuegos , they could place in evidence also our actions in regard to Jordan and our subsequent vocal ...
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... action , the President has approved your recommendation that the United States Government not go ahead with a Baltic Sea operation . For the same reason , the President has also decided that you should not modify reg- ularly scheduled ...
... action , the President has approved your recommendation that the United States Government not go ahead with a Baltic Sea operation . For the same reason , the President has also decided that you should not modify reg- ularly scheduled ...
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... actions and impinge on the talks . -This action would constitute an additional drawdown of major units available for Caribbean contingency operations . -These U.S. operations could trigger increased Soviet naval ac- tivities in the ...
... actions and impinge on the talks . -This action would constitute an additional drawdown of major units available for Caribbean contingency operations . -These U.S. operations could trigger increased Soviet naval ac- tivities in the ...
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... action even though there was no understanding . Dobrynin said he would report this to his Government and give us an answer soon . In response to his question I said that we did not plan a big press cam- paign , but we were determined ...
... action even though there was no understanding . Dobrynin said he would report this to his Government and give us an answer soon . In response to his question I said that we did not plan a big press cam- paign , but we were determined ...
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