THE 1970S 1969 1979
FOREIGN POLICIES OF PRESIDENT NIXON
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Decreased the production of nuclear weapons
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Limited trade between the US and China
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Officially ended the Vietnam War
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Forced the Soviet Union to tear down the Berlin Wall
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Detailed explanation-1: -Nixon and Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev signed the ABM Treaty and interim SALT agreement on May 26, 1972, in Moscow. For the first time during the Cold War, the United States and Soviet Union had agreed to limit the number of nuclear missiles in their arsenals.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) were a series of bilateral conferences and international treaties signed between the United States and the Soviet Union. These treaties had the goal of reducing the number of long-range ballistic missiles (strategic arms) that each side could possess and manufacture.
Detailed explanation-3: -The completed SALT II agreement was signed by President Carter and General Secretary Brezhnev in Vienna on June 18, 1979.
Detailed explanation-4: -Johnson and Soviet Premier Alexi Kosygin, the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT), continued by Nixon and Brezhnev at their 1972 summit, eventually led to the signing of the SALT I treaty.
Detailed explanation-5: -Recent News. Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT), negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union that were aimed at curtailing the manufacture of strategic missiles capable of carrying nuclear weapons.