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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... Attached per your request is a summary of your last four conversations with Ambassador Dobrynin . The summary arranges material by subject heading so as to trace the development through the four meetings of each topic . It does not try ...
... Attached per your request is a summary of your last four conversations with Ambassador Dobrynin . The summary arranges material by subject heading so as to trace the development through the four meetings of each topic . It does not try ...
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... attached in chronological order at Tabs A through D2 along with our note to them on the Cuban base issue and their note to us on the Middle East.3 I plan to send you shortly a separate memorandum setting forth some of the implications I ...
... attached in chronological order at Tabs A through D2 along with our note to them on the Cuban base issue and their note to us on the Middle East.3 I plan to send you shortly a separate memorandum setting forth some of the implications I ...
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... ( attached at Tab A ) 3 which I particularly wanted to 1 Source : National Archives , Nixon Presidential Materials , NSC Files , Kissinger Of- fice Files , Box 71 , Country Files , Europe , USSR , Gromyko , 1970. Top Secret ; Sensitive ...
... ( attached at Tab A ) 3 which I particularly wanted to 1 Source : National Archives , Nixon Presidential Materials , NSC Files , Kissinger Of- fice Files , Box 71 , Country Files , Europe , USSR , Gromyko , 1970. Top Secret ; Sensitive ...
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... attached copy , Kissinger and Haig drafted the memorandum . A note on the memorandum indicates that " The President has seen . " 2 See Documents 13 and 15 . SALT -Although the discussion was minimal , both sides commented 54 Foreign ...
... attached copy , Kissinger and Haig drafted the memorandum . A note on the memorandum indicates that " The President has seen . " 2 See Documents 13 and 15 . SALT -Although the discussion was minimal , both sides commented 54 Foreign ...
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... attached in the order in which they would probably arise . There is also a sketch of Gromyko's career and personality.3 The Setting The meeting occurs at a moment of unusual uncertainty in both capitals concerning the intentions and ...
... attached in the order in which they would probably arise . There is also a sketch of Gromyko's career and personality.3 The Setting The meeting occurs at a moment of unusual uncertainty in both capitals concerning the intentions and ...
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