HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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the SALT Treaty
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the Halburton Treaty
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the Treaty of Versailles
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the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
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Detailed explanation-1: -SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks), whose initiation was agreed to by the United States and the Soviet Union in July 1968, was the first attempt to limit the strategic nuclear forces of the two superpowers.
Detailed explanation-2: -The completed SALT II agreement was signed by President Carter and General Secretary Brezhnev in Vienna on June 18, 1979. President Carter transmitted it to the Senate on June 22 for its advice and consent to ratification.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the early 1960s, U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev each expressed deep concern about the strength of their respective nations’ nuclear arms forces. This concern led them to complete the first arms control agreement of the Cold War, the Limited Test Ban Treaty of 1963.
Detailed explanation-4: -The first agreements, known as SALT I and SALT II, were signed by the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1972 and 1979, respectively, and were intended to restrain the arms race in strategic (long-range or intercontinental) ballistic missiles armed with nuclear weapons.