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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... force and other military actions by the United States against the DRV . Information coming from Vietnam shows that the actions there of the US armed forces have the nature of genuine terror against the pop- ulation of that country and ...
... forces hostile to US - Soviet rapproche- ment are using it against the Administration in this country . 8 See Foreign Relations , 1969–1976 , volume XIV , Soviet Union , October 1971 - May 1972 , Document 125 . 9 See Documents 24 and 29 ...
... forces in South Vietnam . I had indicated that we would move to some middle ground between their position and ours , but I had been too vague in my formu- lations . The North Vietnamese concern was that I was trying to get them into a ...
... forces at our dis- posal and the Soviet Union's could be brought to bear much more rap- idly than anything the other side could do . I said we were aware of this but I didn't believe matters would reach this point . Brezhnev Visit There ...
... forces and armaments in Europe . We are prepared to enter into these consultations with a view to holding a conference after the completion of the European Se- curity Conference . But there is no linkage between the timing , the ven- ue ...