THE 1970S 1969 1979
FOREIGN POLICIES OF PRESIDENT NIXON
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To increase the production of nuclear weapons
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To decrease production of nuclear weapons
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To limit peace talks between the United States and China
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To end the Vietnam War
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The first set of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, SALT I, took place from 1969 to 1972. These talks were between the U.S. and Soviet governments and the goal was to in some way reduce or slow the expansion of nuclear arsenals.
Detailed explanation-3: -In June 1979, Carter and Brezhnev met in Vienna and signed the SALT-II agreement. The treaty basically established numerical equality between the two nations in terms of nuclear weapons delivery systems. It also limited the number of MIRV missiles (missiles with multiple, independent nuclear warheads).
Detailed explanation-4: -What was the practical effect of the SALT I treaty? SALT I slowed the arms race.