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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... answer soon . In response to his question I said that we did not plan a big press cam- paign , but we were determined that there would be no Soviet base in Cuba . Whatever the phraseology of the understanding , its intent was clearly ...
... answer soon . In response to his question I said that we did not plan a big press cam- paign , but we were determined that there would be no Soviet base in Cuba . Whatever the phraseology of the understanding , its intent was clearly ...
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... answered that we would then accept in principle depending of course on what had hap- pened previously in the talk ... answer to the Mideast proposals of Gromyko . I said it was unlikely that the Pres- ident would want to get into the ...
... answered that we would then accept in principle depending of course on what had hap- pened previously in the talk ... answer to the Mideast proposals of Gromyko . I said it was unlikely that the Pres- ident would want to get into the ...
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... answer to that was come on , you know , if you are talking about an agreement that the way you would make it with some shoe merchant and we didn't have everything crossed and dotted . You knew damn well what the agreement was . The ...
... answer to that was come on , you know , if you are talking about an agreement that the way you would make it with some shoe merchant and we didn't have everything crossed and dotted . You knew damn well what the agreement was . The ...
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... answer might not be forthcoming . No word was received from the Soviet Ambassador on November 6 . ( f ) Because the Soviet Ambassador was aware of the delicacy of the channel , was told in advance of the difficulty involved and the ...
... answer might not be forthcoming . No word was received from the Soviet Ambassador on November 6 . ( f ) Because the Soviet Ambassador was aware of the delicacy of the channel , was told in advance of the difficulty involved and the ...
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... answer is we have no plans for invad- ing Cuba . On the other leg of it , ' Does this mean that the Soviets cannot introduce of- fensive weapons and construct bases for such weapons ? ' the answer is yes . " McCloskey , however , would ...
... answer is we have no plans for invad- ing Cuba . On the other leg of it , ' Does this mean that the Soviets cannot introduce of- fensive weapons and construct bases for such weapons ? ' the answer is yes . " McCloskey , however , would ...
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