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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... believe a broader relaxation exempting CCC commercial export sales from NSAM 220 policy is preferable . They believe this can be justified because of the short - term credit , largely commercial nature of the program . They note that ...
... believe Secretary Peterson should be asked to take this unreasonable position . It is agreed that the grain agreement and the shipping agreement are of sufficient importance to warrant taking the foreign policy and political risks ...
... believe the time is ripe for both sides to grasp the opportunity that now exists to achieve a settlement . Your letter and other private communications from you indicate that you share this view . I am most grateful to you for the ...
... The record of the meeting is printed in Foreign Relations , 1969–1976 , volume XIV , Soviet Union , October 1971 - May 1972 , Document 299 . 3 See Document 17 . Union and the United States of America . We believe June - August 1972 39.
... believe the time has come to fix a concrete date of beginning the multilateral preparatory consultations . This would give more purposefulness to the preparatory work . With due ac- count also of the considerations of the American side ...