Soviet Union, June 1972-August 1974The Foreign Relations of the United States series presents the official documentary historical record of major foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity of the United States Government.
This volume is part of a subseries of the Foreign Relations of the United States that documents the most significant foreign policy issues and major decisions of the administrations of Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford. Five volumes in this subseries, volumes XII through XVI, cover U.S. relations with the Soviet Union. This specific volume documents United States policy toward Soviet Union from June 1972 until August 1974, following closely the development of the administration's policy of Détente and culminating with President Nixon's resignation in August 1974.
This volume continues the practice of covering U.S.-Soviet relations in a global context, highlighting conflict and collaboration between the two superpowers in the era of Détente. Chronologically, it follows volume XIV, Soviet Union, October 1971- May 1972, which documents the May 1972 Moscow Summit between President Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. This volume includes numerous direct personal communications between Nixon and Brezhnev covering a host of issues, including clarifying the practical application of the SALT I and ABM agreements signed in Moscow. Other major themes covered include the war in Indochina, arms control, the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSE), commercial relations and most-favored-nation status, grain sales, the emigration of Soviet Jews, Jackson-Vanik legislation, and the October 1973 Arab-Israeli war. |
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... American representatives are participating actively in this and I hope , as agreed in our final communiqué , that ex- changes between governments can proceed without undue delay . I was especially gratified that our governments were ...
... America . We believe that other states ir- respective of the degree of their political closeness to you or to us can only ... American relations for which we both already exerted such se- rious efforts during our recent meeting in Moscow ...
... American Department of the Foreign Trade Ministry . Brezhnev states that the trade work should be looked upon as a continuation of the businesslike , constructive meetings held with the President at the Summit . He hopes that the day's ...
... American public , the Congress , and others will support the concept of expanded trade , support the concept of ex- panded credit . " ( Ibid . , page 292 ) In an article published in The New York Times , reporter Hedrick Smith suggested ...
... American authorities in implementation of the agree- 1 Source : National Archives , Nixon Presidential Materials , NSC Files , Box 495 , Pres- ident's Trip Files , Dobrynin / Kissinger , Vol . 13. Top Secret . A handwritten notation at ...