1. The Cold War: 1970 to 1980

2. I.) Leonoid Brezhnev
1964 Communist party leaders vote to replace Krushchev
Repressive economic policy
Limit basic rights

3. II.) Policy of Detente Détente: U.S. Policy of reducing Cold
President Nixon
And
Henry Kissinger
Brezhnev & Nixon
Détente: U.S. Policy of reducing Cold
War tensions

4. III.) Nixon visits China
February 1972
President Nixon becomes first American since WWII to visit communist China

5. IV.) Nixon visits Soviet Union
May 1972
President Nixon becomes first American since WWII to visit Soviet Union

6. V.) Strategic Arms Limitations Talks (SALT)
1972: Series of meetings between Nixon & Brezhnev
Result: SALT I Treaty
5 year agreement to limit intercontinental ballistic and submarine launched missiles each country could have

7. VI.) The Helsinki Accords
President Gerald Ford
1975: 33 nations join Soviet Union and U.S.
Outcome: Sign commitment to détente & cooperation

8. VII.) SALT II Treaty (1979)
June 1979 Brezhnev & Carter for second round of negotiations
Result: SALT II Treaty signed but U.S. Congress refuses to ratify due to Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

9. VIII.) Détente Cools Late 1970’s Tensions begin to rise
European & Asian nations begin to build nuclear weapons