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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... reported in his journal entry for the day : " P decided to have a mtg tonite on return re Cuba - felt he had a prob because Rogers knew from Russians they were pulling out & K didn't know this & was going to tell him . So P decided he'd ...
... reported in his journal entry for the day : " P decided to have a mtg tonite on return re Cuba - felt he had a prob because Rogers knew from Russians they were pulling out & K didn't know this & was going to tell him . So P decided he'd ...
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... reported to Kissinger on October 14 : " 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 ...
... reported to Kissinger on October 14 : " 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 ...
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... reported that the results had been " indeterminate " : " After the German - Soviet agreement the FRG thought that the link- age with Berlin would soften the Soviet position on the Berlin negotia- tions . The opposite was the result ...
... reported that the results had been " indeterminate " : " After the German - Soviet agreement the FRG thought that the link- age with Berlin would soften the Soviet position on the Berlin negotia- tions . The opposite was the result ...
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... reported , " he [ Gromyko ] is prepared to discuss the question we dis- cussed together - summit . " During a subsequent telephone conversation at 1:40 p.m. , the two men who had in the meantime consulted their superiors - agreed to ...
... reported , " he [ Gromyko ] is prepared to discuss the question we dis- cussed together - summit . " During a subsequent telephone conversation at 1:40 p.m. , the two men who had in the meantime consulted their superiors - agreed to ...
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... reported reliance on an as yet unidentified beacon signal . " ( Memorandum from Murphy to Haig , November 2 ; ibid . ) Ronald Ziegler , White House Press Secretary , reported during his press briefing on October 22 that Nixon and ...
... reported reliance on an as yet unidentified beacon signal . " ( Memorandum from Murphy to Haig , November 2 ; ibid . ) Ronald Ziegler , White House Press Secretary , reported during his press briefing on October 22 that Nixon and ...
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