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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... prepared to give full weight to the views and proposals of the other side . The proposals I outlined on May 86 and which were ex- plained and elaborated in our discussions in Moscow represent a se- rious effort to take account of the ...
... prepared to make 25-30 year deals . Short terms are not profitable . The Soviet Union does not have the money for the US gas deals in the five - year plan . It would take credit . At present 8500 kilometers of pipe- lines are being ...
... prepared to " help out " with these problems through trade . He adds that if we were enemies , the USSR would foster crises in the United States . Peterson states that we do have different systems and different views about our systems ...
... prepared to sign it early in October when he thought it would do us a great deal of good . I said we would do our best , but that their present draft was not quite acceptable . He said it would help if I could give him a counterdraft ...
... prepared to suggest major progress on LNG following Brezhnev's injunction that there should be deeds not words . I pointed out that we were planning to establish a Presidential Commission on gas in the latter part of September to give a ...