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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... position of $ 500 million at 5 % until they give us a counter offer . ( This is below the 52 % Summit position , but well above Peterson's 34 % fall back . ) Overall Strategy Get as much as we can on MFN , business facilities ...
... position is that since the Soviets raised the issue of an overall trade agreement , we , too , want to go for an integrated , compre- hensive deal which commands Congressional and public support . Hence , we cannot accept the Soviet ...
... position and gave Ziegler the following guidance : ( 1 ) The U.S. position on the right of emigration is clear ; and ( 2 ) up to June of this year there have been over 15,000 Jews who emigrated . At this rate , there will be between ...
... 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 position where they agreed on certain principles and would have to negotiate the details with the ...
... position , yet the war is going on with people being killed along with United States soldiers . That in itself shows that there can't be any justification for what is going on . I would not like to delve into the substance of the ...