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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... agreement on this basis and make every effort to insure that the Conference is held in the first half of 1973. And naturally we will continue contacts through our channel . Does Dr. Kissinger agree with this ? Dr. Kissinger : Not ...
... agree- able we will then agree to the November 22 starting date for CSCE preparations . We can tell you later how to manage this bureaucratically . Brezhnev : Let us agree . Dr. Kissinger : I will need a proposal from your side while we ...
... agree . I have never known contacts through the channel not to be conducive to progress . On other matters , however , I have to talk with my military people . Dr. Kissinger : I have one general comment . One objective is how to make ...
... agreement to make the interim agree- ment a permanent one . When we agree that one agenda item will be on non - use and then comes the United States decision to spend increased money on arms - it is only tomorrow that I will tell my ...
... Agreement will be of great future benefit to both countries . The President stressed his appreciation to the Soviets for their under- standing of our position . The President stated that although the Agree- ment has a narrow focus , the ...