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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... understand it . First off I do not believe there will be a Soviet attack , secondly , I have said a thousand times that I have never discussed any military measures with him - you know - it is not that sort of a relationship . AD : That ...
... Understanding Dobrynin then handed me a letter from Brezhnev [ Tab A ] 2 and the draft treaty [ Tab B ] 3 on ... understand : Under Article 3 of this treaty , if you attack NATO we attack the Warsaw Pact ; Article 1 renouncing ...
... understand that . ” ( Ibid . , Kissinger Telephone Conver- sations ( Telcons ) , Box 14 , Chronological File ) Secretary of Commerce Peterson also raised the issue of Jewish emigration with Kissinger during a telephone conversation on ...
... understanding . He said the Soviet side had the impression that the nuclear understanding as we had drafted it was primarily useful as a justification to go to nuclear war , not as a way of avoiding it . Had we really lost interest in ...
... understanding of the substance and scope of obli- gations which would be undertaken by the parties under that Treaty . It ... understand , the US Government believes that the answer to that question should be in the affirmative . We also ...