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US: need to get out of Vietnam

losing credibility and popularity both internationally and domestically

very strong anti-war movement in the US

USSR: had closed the missile gap, both countries had achieved MAD

wanted to reduce the cost of the Cold War on the stagnated economy

Sino-Soviet split created fear that if they didn't cooperate with the US, the US and China would join forces

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Q: Why did the US and USSR want detente by 1968?
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