HIS344Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, Henry Kissinger, Camp David Accords
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The future of salt ii and the renewal of the arms race. Kissinger keeps continuity of foreign policy despite change in presidents. Kissinger to go to moscow and attempt successor to salt - changed to. Ford stops pursuing salt ii deal in 1976. Ignore bilateral world and focus on other nations. Us pressure on eastern european human rights issues. Continued back and forth for a number of years. Salt i expires - continue to abide by while working on new agreement. Opponents to this treaty had overestimated the capabilities of the ussr. Allies establish new generation of intermediate-range missiles in. Moscow saw this as a pretext to give up on salt ii and expand us strategic capabilities. Ussr wanted to include france and britain in treaties. Could stretch ussr to breaking point - can"t afford to keep up. Free passage of israeli ships through the suez canal. Wouldn"t really be democratic if they denied palestinians rights to land.
