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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 19
... Memorandum From the President's Assistant for National Security Affairs ( Kissinger ) to Secretary of Defense Laird1 Washington , October 14 , 1970 . SUBJECT Black Sea and Baltic Sea Operations REFERENCE Secretary of Defense Memorandum ...
... Memorandum From the President's Assistant for National Security Affairs ( Kissinger ) to Secretary of Defense Laird1 Washington , October 14 , 1970 . SUBJECT Black Sea and Baltic Sea Operations REFERENCE Secretary of Defense Memorandum ...
Page 20
... memorandum on the proposed Black Sea and Baltic Sea operations . Although he had not yet seen the memorandum , Kissinger agreed to postpone the latter and modify the former . According to a transcript , the conversation included the ...
... memorandum on the proposed Black Sea and Baltic Sea operations . Although he had not yet seen the memorandum , Kissinger agreed to postpone the latter and modify the former . According to a transcript , the conversation included the ...
Page 23
... memorandum . I recommend not going ahead with the Baltic Sea operation at this time . Sudden and unscheduled deployments of this nature cause per- sonnel difficulties and hardships to dependents , and are expensive with respect to ...
... memorandum . I recommend not going ahead with the Baltic Sea operation at this time . Sudden and unscheduled deployments of this nature cause per- sonnel difficulties and hardships to dependents , and are expensive with respect to ...
Page 54
... Memorandum From the President's Assistant for National Security Affairs ( Kissinger ) to President Nixon1 Washington ... memorandum . A note on the memorandum indicates that " The President has seen . " 2 See Documents 13 and 15 . SALT ...
... Memorandum From the President's Assistant for National Security Affairs ( Kissinger ) to President Nixon1 Washington ... memorandum . A note on the memorandum indicates that " The President has seen . " 2 See Documents 13 and 15 . SALT ...
Page 76
... Memorandum From the President's Assistant for National Security Affairs ( Kissinger ) to President Nixon1 Washington , October 19 , 1970 . SUBJECT Your Meeting with Soviet Union Foreign Minister Gromyko , 11:00 a.m. , Thursday , October ...
... Memorandum From the President's Assistant for National Security Affairs ( Kissinger ) to President Nixon1 Washington , October 19 , 1970 . SUBJECT Your Meeting with Soviet Union Foreign Minister Gromyko , 11:00 a.m. , Thursday , October ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
agree agreement Ambassador Dobrynin announcement asked Assistant for National Brezhnev China Chinese Chronological File Cienfuegos classification marking Country Files Cuba détente discussion Document draft Europe foreign policy Foreign Relations Germany going Gromyko H. R. Haldeman Haig Henry Kissinger Tele Henry Kissinger Telephone Hm-hmm House Central Files Ibid issue July Kama River Kissinger Papers Kissinger Telephone Conversation Kissinger's Kosygin Manuscript Division meeting Middle East military Moscow National Archives National Security Affairs negotiations Nixon Presidential Materials North Vietnam NSC Files October omission in transcript Ostpolitik Peking phone Conversation Transcripts Politburo political position President Nixon President's Assistant President's Daily Diary problem proposal question Record of Schedule replied reported Rogers Rush Russians SALT Secretary Security Affairs Kissinger Security Affairs Kissinger)¹ Sonnenfeldt Soviet Union submarine summit talks tell thing tion USSR viet Vietnam week West Berlin West Germany White House Central Yeah