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Richard Nixon. Nixon and His Key Foreign Policy Adviser. Whoops. Nixon and Henry Kissinger. NSC Process. RN-HAK Process. Nixon-Kissinger Decision Making. President. Nixon. Depts. Depts. NSC. Kissinger. NSC Staff. NSC Staff. Why Détente?. Strategic parity Sino-Soviet Split
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Whoops • Nixon and Henry Kissinger
NSC Process RN-HAK Process Nixon-Kissinger Decision Making President Nixon Depts Depts NSC Kissinger NSC Staff NSC Staff
Why Détente? • Strategic parity • Sino-Soviet Split • Viet Nam Syndrome
Strategic Parity • Stockpiles
Soviet Leaders:General Secretary of the CPSU Nikita Khrushchev Leonid Brezhnev 1956-1964 1964-1982
Mao Zedong Chairman of CCP Zhou Enlai Premier and FM Sino-Soviet Split
Soviet-Chinese Border Crisis 1969 Amur River Ussuri River Khabarovsk
Viet Nam Syndrome Nixon recognizes this: • Nixon Doctrine • Remarks July 25, 1969 (see Q and A) • Address to the nation, Nov. 3, 1969
Detente • Still containment • New Goal: Change USSR behavior • Old-school Balance of Power
Détente Policies: Mutual Deterrence • Strategic Arms Limitation Talks • Interim Agreement on Offensive Arms • Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty US USSR
Détente Policies: Triangular Diplomacy US USSRPRC
Nixon-Mao Summit in China, February 1972 Shanghai Communique