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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... don't know if they even represent him . I don't even know who Heykal is . Of course , I know his title , but I don't know what he stands for . Mr. Brezhnev : You didn't meet him in the elevator ? Dr. Kissinger : That was our cover , and ...
... don't want to have it made public that I did raise it in a number of meetings . H : Fine , Henry . K : The problem is that I think we've got to lower the visibility of the debate because they can't yield to pressures from a foreign ...
... don't mention it . " ( Transcript of telephone conversation , September 21 ; ibid . ) At 3:19 p.m. on September 21 ... don't know what you can do and I don't want you to do any one thing . " Kissinger mentioned " general public pressure ...
... don't exclude that the head tax was put on by some junior administrative official trying to score some political points , without any overall view or any view of the consequences . I have reason to believe this . At the same time you ...
... don't know , but it's as follows . Keep in mind the way we are going to merchandize this thing to the public is to use a British settlement - and I have never taken you through these numbers except to demonstrate to you you will recall ...