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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... possible now , or dis- courage them from drawing the conclusion that we would welcome this ? Recommendation Obtaining a Soviet assurance against future use of ships on Cuba trade would be a highly desirable solution and there is no ...
... possible gain . He said that we should remember that Brezhnev and the President signed it jointly ; how would we feel if the Soviets at- tached reservations on their part even if they repeated things that had already been agreed upon ...
... possible ) , he insist the lend - lease settlement be a part of an overall deal and that the President stay tough on a comprehensive trade agreement . The President agreed with this proposal . The President instructed Kissinger to work ...
... possible strategy of seeking to transform the Soviet approach into a statement of principles of political re- straint proscribing the threat of force , nuclear or conventional . " ( Years of Upheaval , p . 278 ) 3 Attached but not ...
... possible nearest time . It is necessary , however , that meanwhile no steps or statements are made which would cast a shadow on the big work done in achieving these agreements . We are contemplating now the questions to be concentrated ...