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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... Dobrynin said , " Can they really mean it ? " I said I had no way of knowing , but this seems to be a fear . Dobrynin wanted to know what they thought about Japan , and specifically my trip to Japan.2 I said I couldn't say that they ...
... Dobrynin seemed relieved by this . I asked Dobrynin in passing how it was that Brezhnev had misun- derstood me so much that he could think I had offered a two - month pe- riod of resignation for Thieu . Dobrynin laughed and said ...
... Dobrynin , 11:30 a.m. , Wednesday , July 12 , 1972 PARTICIPANTS The President Anatoli F. Dobrynin , Soviet Ambassador to the USA Dr. Henry A. Kissinger , Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs The President welcomed ...
... Dobrynin Dr. Henry A. Kissinger I saw Dobrynin and told him I had three matters to discuss . Middle East I wanted to give him a message from the President regarding events in Egypt.2 We were not aware of these events beforehand . We had ...
... Dobrynin that we accepted the Soviet changes in the SALT interpretive statement [ Tab B ] 5 and that we should get it signed at an early occasion . I asked him whether he thought Smith or I should sign it . He said the Soviet side would ...