Foreign Policy
Nixon's Detente
Description
Detente was a cooling down, or thaw, among America, Russia and China's arms' race (Detente). The United States and Russia could either slow their weapons production or continue the arms race, which, people feared could end in a devastating war (Detente, CNN). Nixon and Henry Kissinger worked secretly on Detente at summit meetings in Beijing and Moscow. President Gerald Ford signed on to Detente in Helsinki in 1975. (CNN, Detente).
President Involved
Richard M. Nixon
Gerald Ford
People involved:
Leonid Brezhnev, Moscow Communist Party Chief, wanted to relax tensions with America (CNN, Detente).
Willy Brandt, West German Chancellor, gave Brezhnev the idea for Detente.
President Richard M. Nixon and National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger were the architects of the United States' plan for Detente.
President Gerald Ford took over the office after Nixon resigned and signed the treaty in 1975.
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