Nikita Kruschev visited the United States in 1959 as part of the series of meetings beteween him and Richard Nixon called the "Kitchen Debates"
Leonid Brezhnev
Leonid Brezhnev
Leonid Brezhnev
Leonid Brezhnev signed SALT I with Richard Nixon in 1972.
Leonid Brezhnev was the leader of the Soviet Union in the 1970s.
Leonid Brezhnev
Leonid Brezhnev
Leonid Brezhnev
Leonid Brezhnev signed SALT I with Richard Nixon in 1972.
President Nixon visited the Soviet Union in an effort to improve trade relations.
Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing were given to Nixon in 1972
US President Richard Nixon visited the Great Wall in 1972 to support improved relations between the US and China.
Leonid Brezhnev was the leader of the Soviet Union in the 1970s.
President Richard Nixon visited China in 1972, which marked the first official visit by a US president to the country. This historic trip played a significant role in normalizing relations between the United States and China.
Richard Milhous Nixon, the 37th President of the United States, serving from January 20, 1969 until his resignation on August 9, 1974, visited the People's Republic of China in 1972, opening diplomatic relations between the two nations. Nixon, also, initiated détente and the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with the Soviet Union the same year.
It marked the first attempt to restrict US and Soviet nuclear weapons.The SALT-1 Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty stopped the growth in US/Soviet intercontinental-range nuclear weapons arsenals. It was signed at Moscow May 26, 1972. It was approved by U.S. President September 30, 1972. The leaders were U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.
During his presidency in 1972, President Nixon opened up a new line of communication with China by visiting the country. It was this action on his part that helped to end the United States involvement in the Vietnam War in 1973.